British media said the Serbian 12-time Grand Slam winner, president of the ATP Tour player council, had raised the subject at a mandatory player meeting in Melbourne on Friday. Some reports said the dispute could lead to tournament boycotts if players didn’t get more money, but Djokovic said this was not true. Djokovic said “everybody’s trying to do their best” when asked about players getting a bigger slice of Grand Slam revenues. “I mean, we are here at the Australian Open, and they always try to compensate the players in a best possible way,” he said. “Things are going in the right direction.”He added that while he was ATP player council president, “I don’t sit on these negotiation tables”.

Source: The Guardian January 16, 2018 08:37 UTC