Polish tennis sensation and present World No. 1, Iga Swiatek made a compelling attraction on Wednesday, advocating for a extra equitable distribution of prize cash throughout Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) occasions.
The reigning French Open and U.S. Open champion is getting ready to compete on the Madrid Open after retaining her Stuttgart title final weekend, defeating world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka within the ultimate.
Swiatek gained over 100,000 euros ($111,000), which some contrasted with Carlos Alcaraz’s 475,000 euros ($526,000) haul for triumphing on the Barcelona Open.
“I think (tennis) is better than most sports, but still there is a lot we can work on in terms of, you know, getting equal prize money on some WTA tournaments compared to ATP on the same level,” Swiatek advised a news convention Wednesday.
“Grand Slams are already even, as we all know. That’s good, however it might be good if WTA would give attention to that, however I do not need to get into that as a result of it is a whole lot of business and generally politics.
“I don’t think I have a lot of influence. I just can say that it would be nice for our sport if it was equal, especially because we kind of do the same work.”
Consistency
The Polish prime seed in Madrid says the ladies’s sport affords extra consistency than the lads’s now and may create even increased feelings.
“I also get people saying men’s tennis is nicer to watch and guys can do more because they are physically and biologically stronger,” stated Swiatek.
“But I believe there have been lots of people, for instance, a few years in the past, who have been saying that (the ladies’s sport is) not constant and that is a disgrace and it needs to be higher, however proper now I believe we’re much more constant than the blokes with our sport.
“Watching ladies’s tennis offers the identical feelings, and generally much more feelings as a result of we’re ladies and are a bit of bit extra emotional.
“But, yeah, I think it would be nice if WTA could make it even.”
In 1973, the U.S. Open grew to become the primary Grand Slam occasion to pay males’s and girls’s gamers equal prize cash.
It was adopted by the Australian Open in 2001 earlier than the French Open and Wimbledon additionally determined to take action in 2007.
Swiatek stated she must get used to taking part in at a better altitude in Madrid.
“I feel like the (balls) are more like flying bullets, you have to control them – and the clay is a little bit different, the movement and stuff, I just have to get used to it,” she added.
“I want to win every tournament that I go to, but Madrid, for sure, is still this kind of tournament that I haven’t figured it out for 100%, so I just want to get the experience.”
Swiatek will face Austrian “lucky loser” Julia Grabher in her opening match on the match.
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