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The four Grand Slams, the two tours and Saudi Arabia are all hoping to revamp tennis

Source: Associated Press

On this, the leaders of tennis can agree: There is more money out there to be made. And they see eye-to-eye on this, too: The sport's current structure could stand to change.

The how's and why's and when's of it all? Well, that's open to discussion — and there is plenty of that happening now behind closed doors, conversations and negotiations about the future of tennis among the folks who run the Grand Slam tournaments and other events, the women's and men's ATP professional tours, the players, their agents and others with a hand in the sport, including 's Private Investment Fund (known as the PIF, it is the entity behind

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