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Wawrinka Stands for Equal Pay in Tennis


Stan Wawrinka has joined Andy Murray in support of equal prize money for women. The Swiss has the following to say during media day at the Miami Open on Tuesday.

“I’m for equality,” said Wawrinka. “I have a daughter. I want her to have the same right as a boy.”

Murray took it even further on Tuesday saying “I think there should be equal pay, 100 percent, at all combined events.”

He added: “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."

The argument is heating up after former BNP Paribas Open CEO Raymond Moore made misogynistic remarks about women's tennis on Sunday before the women's final at Indian Wells. A day later, Moore stepped down. Novak Djokovic is also being criticized for his words. The Serb finds himself in hot water after saying that men should be paid more because they generate larger ticket sales.

"I think that our men's tennis world, ATP world, should fight for more, because the stats are showing that we have much more spectators on the men's tennis matches," he said. "I think that's one of the, you know, reasons why maybe we should get awarded more. But, again, you know, we can't complain because we also have great prize money in men's tennis is at the right moment in the right time."

Djokovic got into more trouble when he clumsily brought hormones into the conversation. "I have tremendous respect for what women in global sport are doing and achieving," he said, adding: "It's knowing what they have to go through with their bodies, and their bodies are much different than men's bodies. They have to go through a lot of different things that we don't have to go through. You know, the hormones and different stuff, we don't need to go into details. Ladies know what I'm talking about.

Djokovic later took to social media to clarify his comments. "Tennis is a sport that I love and that gave me the opportunity to help others who still have a long way to go to achieve their dreams," he wrote. "This was my view all along and I want to apologize to anyone who has taken this the wrong way."

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