Wimbledon stars ‘stand down’ from prize money protest after two days

[TennisBro]

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What do you think happened that those players backed down?

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

We have been lied to.

 

[Hitman]

This doesn't surprise me and I was talking about how unlikely it was for them to pull this off.

No one wants to lose the purse money they would get from playing this, and they know the show goes on and someone else will sit at the table and feast in their absence.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

They were told in no uncertain terms to get back to work.

 

[Better_Call_Raul]

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What do you think happened that those players backed down?

Their "protest" consisted of limiting their press conference from 15 minutes to 10 minutes.


But even that symbolic protest made Wimbledon blink and players netted their largest prize purse in history.

Imagine what a true player strike would do.