59-year-worn responds to tournament CEO’s comments about WTARaymond Moore said women riding on the coattails’ of men in tennisMartina Navratilova has suggested that female players could boycott one of the most prestigious tournaments in tennis after its chief executive caused outrage with remarks that women were “riding on the coattails” of the men’s game.
Raymond Moore,the chief executive of the Indian Wells tennis tournament in California, one of the sport’s biggest external the four grand slams, or sparked controversy on Sunday when he said: “whether I was a lady player,I would go down every night on my knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born.” Related: The WTA needed a strong response to Djokovic and Moore – and it failed | Stephanie Myles Related: Novak Djokovic: men’s tennis should fight for more prize money than women Related: Novak Djokovic the slick diplomat gets equality debate horribly wrong | Kevin Mitchell Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com