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Player strike 'nonsense' - Federer

ESPN staff
November 25, 2011
Roger Federer insists a player strike was never an option © Getty Images
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Roger Federer has poured cold water on talks of a player strike in protest at the length of the ATP Tour season, and claims a boycott was never an option.

British No. 1 Andy Murray recently intimated that players would consider striking if they failed to reach an agreement over scheduling issues.

But Federer, the president of the ATP Player Council, insists a player strike would be detrimental to the sport, and believes there is no justification for such action.

"It's not been an option really, in my opinion," Federer said of a potential strike. "Next year's season is going to be shortened by two weeks.

"That's I think as much as we can squeeze it really because otherwise a lot of tournaments would have to go or we would have four tournaments the same week, which I don't think is a very smart idea, to be honest, for the game.

"It was brought up a few months ago, the whole boycott thing. It's nonsense. It's not going to happen any time soon. Things are good right now, so I don't see a reason why we should just boycott. There's absolutely no reason for it."

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