“I don’t think we have a lot of influence,” Iga Swiatek brings SEXIST card into the mix while demanding equal prize money for female athletes once again
Iga Swiatek calls prize money indifference a lot of business and politics as debate rages in.
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Iga Swiatek stated the need of equalizing price money across the WTA and ATP tournaments. World no.1 vocalized about better opportunities in the Tennis field but also mentioned the need for work on various terms and fields.
The Polish player recently won the Stuttgart Open and took away respectful prize money of 100,000 Euros, while the men’s singles player Carlos Alcaraz was presented with an enormous amount of 475,000 Euros. The variation among the prizes drew a lot of attention from the media as they questioned Swiatek about her standpoint.
“Well, it’s kind of obvious what my opinion is, because tennis in one of the sports where we speak about equality. I think it’s better than most of the sports anyway. But still, there is a lot we can work on in terms of, you know, getting equal prize money on some WTA tournament compared to ATP on the same level”, she said at the press conference.
Swiatek further mentioned that Grand Slams do have equality in cash prizes and that is agreeable. But due to various political and business issues involved, she observed that much can’t be said on her part.
“Grand Slams are already even, as we know. That’s nice, but for sure it would be good if WTA would focus on that, but I really don’t want to get into that, because it’s a lot of business and sometimes politics. I don’t think I have, you know, a lot of influence.”, she further added.
The Roland Garros defending champion is all prepared to win another accolade at Madrid Open. She will be facing Julia Grabher in the round of 64 tomorrow.
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Iga defends WTA regarding question of inconsistency
Iga Swiatek expressed her opinion regarding the question of WTA being a variable as compared to ATP. The Polish player rejected it as a false narrative and said that women’s tennis is consistent and full of emotions. Swiatek also recognized the comments of ATP being pleasant to watch and it showcases more energy and effort. But the World No.1 remarked that both of them did the same work and WTA brought the same emotions in their matches.
“I also get people who are saying thats men’s tennis is nicer to watch and guys can do more because they are physically and biologically stronger.”, said commented.
“Watching women’s tennis gives the same emotions, and sometimes even more emotions, because we are women and we are a little bit more emotional(smiling).”, she further added. The World No.1 recently won the Stuttgart Open and defended the title after her brilliant performance over Aryna Sabalenka.
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