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World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> said top players could boycott grand slam tournaments if their demands for increased prize money and a greater share of event revenues are not listened to. <\/p>\n It comes as leading players from the men\u2019s and women\u2019s top 10 expressed their \u201cdeep and collective disappointment\u201d<\/a> at the prize money on offer at this year\u2019s Roland Garros<\/a> in a statement released over the weekend.<\/p>\n The group, which includes Sabalenka, Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, Jannik Sinner<\/a> and Coco Gauff<\/a>, also want more consultation with the grand slams around matters such as scheduling and for them to start contributing to a player welfare fund. <\/p>\n According to the group, their share of the overall revenue generated by Roland Garros is projected to decline to 14.3 per cent this year. Players are pushing for that figure to be closer to the 22 per cent received at mixed events on the ATP and WTA Tours with equal prize money, such as Indian Wells and this month\u2019s Italian Open.<\/p>\n When asked how far players might push to get their desired changes, Sabalenka told reporters at the Italian Open: \u201cI think at some point we will boycott it, yeah. I feel like that’s going to be the only way to fight for our rights. <\/p>\n \u201cLet’s \u200csee how far we can get, if it’s going \u200cto take players for boycott… Some of the things, I feel like it’s really unfair to the players. I think at some point it’s going to get to this.\u201d<\/p>\n