Governing bodies must balance calendar, says Becker


FILE PHOTO: Three-times Wimbledon champion Boris Becker attends a news conference in Wiesbaden, Germany, November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

LONDON (Reuters) - Tennis governing bodies should use the time during the lengthy coronavirus shutdown to align their interests and fix the imbalance in the calendar, six-times Grand Slam winner Boris Becker told Reuters on Tuesday.

Roger Federer called for a merger between the men's and women's tours on social media recently, with the men's ATP Tour Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi, and his women's WTA Tour counterpart Steve Simon, both welcoming the suggestion.

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