Tennis stars ponder strike

Andy Murray says a number of the sport’s biggest names could be forced to strike unless major changes are made to the sport’s busy schedule.

Murray is one a group of players who will take part in crisis talks at next month’s Shanghai Masters to discuss what plan of action should be taken in order to reduce their workload after a number of the sport’s stars complained of fatigue. Anyone looking at the online betting will know how long the season is.

Concerns had been raised over the alarming amount of retirements in the recent US Open with many blaming the busy schedule for their ailments.
Murray, who like a number of other stars was forced to go straight from the tournament in New York into the Davis Cup and believes the players would have no problem downing their rackets in order to force a change in the schedule. Fans of mobile betting wouldn’t want to see this happen.

The Scotsman believes it is the right time for him and his colleagues to take action and believes that if they don’t do something now, it could be years before anything is done.

Murray told BBC Sport “I know from speaking to some players they’re not afraid of doing that. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that but I’m sure the players will consider it.

“If we come up with a list of things we want changed – and everyone is in agreement but they don’t happen – then we need to have some say in what goes on in our sport. At the moment we don’t.”

The first step is to see whether the tennis authorities will settle for a compromise agreement, he explained, and then if that doesn’t come about consider what other steps the players need to take.