Novak Djokovic has been strongly criticized for maintaining that men should earn more than women in tennis. Even if the world no.1 has already apologized for that, he is still facing consequences.
Martina Navratilova has already blasted at the Serb and now it’s time for Andy Murray to criticize Djokovic. Murray has been always a “fan” of women and he made a big statement after hiring Amelie Mauresmo as his coach.
Murray.
Andy commented “One of the things Novak said was that if women are selling more seats and tickets they should make more but at a tournament like this, for example, if Serena is playing on centre court and you have a men’s match with Stakhovsky playing, people are coming to watch Serena. The crowds are coming to watch the women as well. The whole thing just doesn’t stack up – it changes on a day-to‑day basis depending on the matches you get.
Men’s tennis has been lucky over the last nine or 10 years with the players they’ve had, the rivalries which have come out of that. That’s great but the whole of tennis should capitalise on that – not just the men’s game. I have no idea of the meetings that go on and the discussions which are had. The slams are probably less complicated to figure out.”
Great point from Andy, the fact is that we are in a society governed by sheer capitalism and in an entertaining industry the rewards go to the ones who entertain the most. If the ATP is able to gain more fans than the WTA, then it’s normal that the players associated with the ATP earn more if the cake is split in the same way. The same applies on the other way round. It’s not a matter of a sex against the other, it is a matter of who entertains the most.
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