{"id":297147,"date":"2023-11-22T14:24:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T14:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=297147"},"modified":"2023-11-22T14:24:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T14:24:55","slug":"wawrinka-puts-slams-and-tennis-bosses-on-blast-with-furious-not-normal-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/tennis\/wawrinka-puts-slams-and-tennis-bosses-on-blast-with-furious-not-normal-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Wawrinka puts Slams and tennis bosses on blast with furious ‘not normal’ rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stan Wawrinka has blasted the Grand Slam tournaments and governing bodies in tennis, claiming it wasn\u2019t \u201cnormal\u201d for bosses to continue making decisions without consulting players. The three-time Grand Slam champion said tennis stars had been dealing with the same problems for 20 years in an emotionally charged rant as he slammed the tournaments for only thinking of themselves.<\/p>\n

Wawrinka has often been outspoken about various issues in tennis, most recently weighing in on the debate about changing tennis balls. He also slammed the ITF for changing the Davis Cup format during the group stage weekend in Manchester earlier this year, claiming that they were \u201cpaying people to support and make some noise for every country at every match\u201d.<\/p>\n

The former world No 3 has now hit out at the Grand Slams, ATP, WTA and ITF in a scathing rant about the issues in tennis, berating them for being selfish. \u201cThey do not redistribute enough to tennis compared to the income they generate. And they have way too much power because they make [so much] money,\u201d Wawrinka told L\u2019Equipe.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The Slams are] where the history of tennis is written. These are the richest Federations which do not redistribute much. Even between them, there is no communication. The income from Grand Slams today is very important and the percentage returned to players is ridiculous. It has hardly increased at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While players still receive some of their best paydays at the Slams, Wawrinka argued that the tournaments were holding onto the vast majority of the money they made. \u201cToday, we are stuck until the day the players say stop,\u201d he added. And that wasn\u2019t the only issue Wawrinka had, as he cited the Australian Open\u2019s recent announcement that the tournament would be extended to 15 days, starting on Sunday instead of Monday.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old explained: \u201cTennis Australia showed up to say, \u2018We\u2019re starting on the first Sunday\u2019, like that, thank you goodbye. Did anyone ask us what we thought about it? No. It\u2019s like that. From the outside, you tell yourself that this is not normal. That means we don\u2019t work together.\u201d But Wawrinka wasn\u2019t surprised as he suggested that players had been having the same conversations for years.<\/p>\n