Slamming the door on retirees

Players who quit in first round could forfeit entire prize money

Grand Slam tournaments are planning to return to seeding only 16 players, instead of 32, as of 2019, and now will give a player who is a late withdrawal because of an injury 50 percent of the first-round prize money.

Also among the announcements by the Grand Slam Board on Tuesday, after two days of meetings in London: