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Meanwhile, Sinner and Alcaraz battling it out for 6 hours for the same pay.

Regardless, v happy for Iga. Compleltely changed her game to finally adapt to grass.
 
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Meanwhile, Sinner and Alcaraz battling it out for 6 hours for the same pay.

Regardless, v happy for Iga. Compleltely changed her game to finally adapt to grass.
given that you should consider the "pay" the culmination of all the hard work week in week out which will be similar for men and women, then the pay is the same really. sport is paid crazy I'll take that argument, but it's good that they enjoy parity on the winnings imo
 
Revenue should be a factor no?
why? and how can you calculate it properly to make an assessment? are the courts empty for the women's matches? a lot of people want to watch both. I don't think Wimbledon would generate half as much if it was a male only tournament. You look at the whole thing in the round
 
"Revenue" is probably why some tournaments are trying to kill doubles.

Reminds me of the bus services in the middle of no-where (Northumberland) where I grew up. No buses that'll get you into school or work by 9. No buses after 7pm. Some buses simply don't turn up. Conclusion: "no-one uses the buses", so we'll cancel the entire route. Self-fulfiling prophecy. Not everything is, or should be, about money. That would be (increasingly is) a pretty grim world indeed.
 
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It's about time those ladies started playing best of 5 sets, I feel bad for the people who paid all that money for Wimbledon final and got less then a hours entertainment.
 
why? and how can you calculate it properly to make an assessment? are the courts empty for the women's matches? a lot of people want to watch both. I don't think Wimbledon would generate half as much if it was a male only tournament. You look at the whole thing in the round

Well the mens side brings in way more money, viewers, sponsorships, demand for tickets etc than the womens side.

There was a whole thing during the FO about more matches being played on the main show courts being mens matches due to ‘market forces’. People on the whole are just way more interesting in mens sports than womens. Mauresmo could have easily done a it rotating but didn’t.

Bring in more revenue = more prize money.

All of the 1000 events that are shared between two, the mens side has higher prize money. Canada, Cincinnati is twice as large. Dubai is a 500 event for the mens and the prize pool is almost the same as the 1000 for the womens.

I just don’t think it’s a stretch to say that the men deserve more if they’re bringing in more money, likewise if the womens side brings in more they should deserve more as well.

"Revenue" is probably why some tournaments are trying to kill doubles.

Reminds me of the bus services in the middle of no-where (Northumberland) where I grew up. No buses that'll get you into school or work by 9. No buses after 7pm. Some buses simply don't turn up. Conclusion: "no-one uses the buses", so we'll cancel the entire route. Self-fulfiling prophecy. Not everything is, or should be, about money. That would be (increasingly is) a pretty grim world indeed.

Come on you can’t compare what is essentially an essential service to the prize money given out at a sporting event based on revenue. It’s completely different.
 
It's about time those ladies started playing best of 5 sets, I feel bad for the people who paid all that money for Wimbledon final and got less then a hours entertainment.

In the final perhaps like what they use to do in the 1000 events on the mens sides.

Unless you run the tournaments at separate times?

Otherwise you run the risk of delays and more importantly injuries. As Sabalenka said the other day.

 
It's about time those ladies started playing best of 5 sets, I feel bad for the people who paid all that money for Wimbledon final and got less then a hours entertainment.
Yeah I agree with this. They're clearly physically capable of it. I imagine they're fitter than the average male professional tennis player of 40 years ago.

The issue used to be due to scheduling, as you couldn't fit all the matches in, but with the roof on Centre and 1 they get so much more playing time (no rain risk on those courts, and they can play to 11).
 
In the final perhaps like what they use to do in the 1000 events on the mens sides.

Unless you run the tournaments at separate times?

Otherwise you run the risk of delays and more importantly injuries. As Sabalenka said the other day.

The injuries are a bit of a non point, surely. The men's quarters was affected heavily by injury (Dimitrov would have won best of 3), and the men's semi was arguably as well (Djokovic was clearly hampered) although it may well not have affected the result. Should men play best of 3 as well?
 
It's about time those ladies started playing best of 5 sets, I feel bad for the people who paid all that money for Wimbledon final and got less then a hours entertainment.
Aye its ridiculous they get paid the same as the men who'll play 5 sets for probably 4 hours+ tomorrow. If they want to do the same fine but until then its just preposterous.

In the final perhaps like what they use to do in the 1000 events on the mens sides.

Unless you run the tournaments at separate times?

Otherwise you run the risk of delays and more importantly injuries. As Sabalenka said the other day.

Of course she isn't interested why would she be, why work more for the same money?! If time is an issue let the men do 3 sets as well.
 
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