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Doubles players angry at proposed ATP cuts
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Doubles players angry at proposed ATP cuts
LONDON, July 4 : Doubles players have reacted angrily to suggestions that the ATP Tour plans to reduce the size of draws and prize money at tournaments with British player Julian Cash accusing the organisation of trying to kill off part of the sport.Under plans discussed this week, doubles draws at ATP 1000 events would be halved to 16 pairs with only eight pairs competing at the smaller tournaments on the men's tour.Prize money could also fall from 20 per cent to 10 per cent of the total pot with singles players likely to benefit."We're all members of the ATP, we all pay membership and the reason it was set up was to protect players," said Cash, who won the Wimbledon doubles title last year with Lloyd Glasspool. "It's not to try and kill parts of the sport."Glasspool told the BBC it was "
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