While the games top players are getting ready for the end-of-year ATP World Tour Finals in London later this month, some attention will turn to a big vote taking place next week.

According to The Times, a number of reforms are to be discussed which include a proposed shot clock in between shots; in-match coaching and a reduction in the numbers of players seeded in a tournament from 32 to 16.

That would potentially mean the world No 1 facing the world no 17 in a Grand Slam in the first round.

At this current moment in time Andy Murray is ranked 16th in the world which could cause uproar among tournament officials with one of the sport’s biggest stars potentially leaving in the early stages.