Jamie Murray agrees with brother Andy as Brit urges Wimbledon not to cut prize money

Jamie Murray has claimed Wimbledon would be mad to cut prize money after the Grand Slam was stripped of ranking points - and he's agreed with his brother Andy that losing ranking points does not affect the prestige of the tournament. All England Club chief Sally Bolton is scheduled to arrive in Paris on Friday for crisis talks over the issue ripping the sport apart.

The ATP and WTA imposed the points penalty after Wimbledon banned Russian and Belarusian players. Frenchman Lucas Pouille claimed earlier this week he will not play in SW19 because there will be no points and prize money "will be reduced".

But seven-time Grand Slam winner Murray said: "I don't think it makes sense from Wimbledon to reduce their prize money because then they will risk players not turning up to play and that's when the tournament becomes devalued.

"If I am Wimbledon and I have got a full player field, full prize money and no points, I am almost in a better position for negotiations and things like that. Of course, I am always going to advocate for a better share of the prize money with singles and doubles. I don't see that changing any time soon."

After Naomi Osaka claimed she was considering skipping Wimbledon because "it's more like an exhibition", Andy Murray tweeted this week that the Grand Slam will "never be an exhibition". He added: "Wimbledon is such a special event. I'm going to be playing for sure. I don't think not having points there is going to take anything away from that, as anyone, any fan watching, they are going to see that and think: 'Wow, he's won Wimbledon.' It's not going to be: 'Oh, he's got 2,000 points there.'"

And doubles specialist Jamie said: "The majority of people that go to Wimbledon they are going for a day out