ANDY MURRAY says the prospect of strike action cannot be ruled out by players keen to alter the tennis calendar.
Players are upset at overcrowding in the schedule and will meet in Shanghai next month to plot their next move.
The world number four said: “It’s a possibility. I know from speaking to some players they’re not afraid of doing that (striking).”
Asked whether the subject of a strike or boycott will be mentioned during the meeting in China, he continued: “Yes I think so.
“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.
“We’ll sit down, talk about it with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and International Tennis Federation (ITF), see if they will come to a compromise and, if not, we’ll go from there. We just want things to change, really small things. Two or three weeks during the year, a few less tournaments each year, which I don’t think is unreasonable.”
