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Women's tennis pays £25m every year to keep prize money equal with men

Women’s tennis pays £25m every year to keep prize money equal with men

Tennis has long trumpeted the fact that its biggest events pay equal prize money to male and female performers. Yet this impression of equality is being maintained only via a secret subsidy of almost £25 million from the Women’s Tennis Association. The hidden investment is propping up female prize money at the four biggest combined events …

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Carrying calmness and consistency, 43-year-old Bopanna re-enters top 10 | Tennis News

Carrying calmness and consistency, 43-year-old Bopanna re-enters top 10 | Tennis News

Rohan Bopanna, the coffee-brewing connoisseur, likens playing professional tennis to “starting your own company”. You’ve got to invest capital after capital after capital, he says, without knowing how long it would take — if at all — for the rewards to come along. PREMIUM Rohan Bopanna, of India, right, returns a shot next to teammate …

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