Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic and runner-up Andy Murray’s combined winnings in Melbourne are almost double the sport’s entire annual antidoping budget MELBOURNE — Novak Djokovic’s cheque for winning the Australian Open on Sunday was more than the entire annual budget for antidoping in tennis, a programme many feel is woefully inadequate.Djokovic and Andy Murray left Melbourne on Monday with a combined $3.8m in their pockets for their efforts over the past fortnight.The total funding for this year’s antidoping programme stands at $2m, paid for by the four Grand Slams, the International Tennis Federation and ATP and WTA Tours. The cost includes $400,000 for the administration of the programme, paid for by the federation.Many players, including Djokovic and Murray, have called for more blood tests to ensure there is no cheating. Of the 2,150 tests carried out by the federation in 2011, the last set of figures available, 131 were blood tests and only 21 were out of competition. ...
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