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LONDON (AP) \u2014 No. 1 Jannik Sinner limited a media appearance Saturday as a prize-money protest by top players continued at Wimbledon but he deflected questions about it, saying he wanted to \u201ctalk about tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The grass-court Grand Slam increased prize money by 20% after top players began their protest at the recent French Open, arguing that they deserve a bigger share of revenues.<\/p>\n

The protest involves players limiting their media appearances, meaning they\u2019ll only talk for 15 minutes after each match during the first week of Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

Sinner\u2019s appearance Saturday clocked in at about 10 minutes, 30 seconds. A Wimbledon host introduced him and said he would be timing his session.<\/p>\n

The defending champion cited improvement in negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s getting better even though we are not (at) the point where we are 100% happy,\u201d the Italian said. \u201cAt the same time we are seeing improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sinner said it\u2019s \u201cnot only about the money,\u201d citing the need for improvements in player welfare.<\/p>\n

But he declined to engage in a question about Wimbledon\u2019s offer to work on creating a player council.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think it\u2019s better if we don\u2019t discuss here, I don\u2019t like to talk about this at the moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The four-time Grand Slam champion also didn\u2019t want to address whether the players feel they are closer to a solution or a boycott.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we talked enough about this at the moment. The Grand Slams know what we ask, and then (we\u2019ll) see how that goes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgain, I\u2019m here now to talk about tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n

The protest began at the French Open, where players complained the total prize money only made up 14.3% of the clay-court tournament\u2019s revenue.<\/p>\n

Wimbledon responded by hiking its total prize money \u2014 with the singles champions to get 3.6 million pounds ($4.75 million) each.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, a statement by an advisory firm representing the players said the \u201cdirect action protest\u201d would continue during the first week at the All England Club.<\/p>\n

The statement said the players\u2019 share of Wimbledon\u2019s projected revenue this year was 14.4%, which would be below the 14.9% share they received 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

The All England Club had said it was \u201csurprised and disappointed by this action.\u201d<\/p>\n

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___<\/p>\n

AP tennis: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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