There are 4 Grand Slam tournaments a 12 months – the Australian Open, French Open, US Open, and Wimbledon.
The Grand Slams are managed by every of the respective nationwide associations.
These 4 nationwide associations produce the Grand Slam Rule Book., external
That claims gamers should attend media alternatives after every match, which give them alternatives to “put throughout their opinions on their efficiency and supply worthwhile publicity to the media and followers”.
Gamers might be fined as much as $50,000 for failing to attend these media alternatives.
The foundations round post-match media commitments embrace a reference to broadcast interviews, however don’t specify these have to be accomplished on the court docket. That mentioned, this can be very uncommon for gamers to not keep after the match to do these.
At this 12 months’s Australian Open, Novak Djokovic swerved the on-court interview after a win which put him by to the quarter-finals.
This adopted remarks made by a Channel 9 presenter, which Djokovic referred to as “insulting and offensive”. The Australian broadcaster apologised for the feedback.