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03-21-2016, 06:42 PM
Tennis star says male players deserve more cash than women
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The world's **. 1 male tennis player has seemingly set up camp on the wrong side of the gender pay divide.
SEE ALSO: Ball dogs are the best little helpers at the tennis match (http://mashable.com/2016/02/26/ball-dogs/)
Speaking to the press after dominating yet a**ther tennis tournament on Sunday night,***vak Djokovic*lobbed himself into controversy (http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/mar/21/**vak-djokovic-indian-wells-equal-prize-money-tennis) over a tennis executive's claim (http://deadspin.com/indian-wells-ceo-raymond-moore-has-some-bad-and-dumb-th-1766048378) that female players "ride on the coattails of the men" and so deserved to be paid less than their male counterparts.
Speaking on the "very delicate situation," Djokovic applauded female tennis players who "fought for what they deserve" but then added, regrettably, that men "should fight for more." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/21/**vak-djokovic-tennis-women/)
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The world's **. 1 male tennis player has seemingly set up camp on the wrong side of the gender pay divide.
SEE ALSO: Ball dogs are the best little helpers at the tennis match (http://mashable.com/2016/02/26/ball-dogs/)
Speaking to the press after dominating yet a**ther tennis tournament on Sunday night,***vak Djokovic*lobbed himself into controversy (http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/mar/21/**vak-djokovic-indian-wells-equal-prize-money-tennis) over a tennis executive's claim (http://deadspin.com/indian-wells-ceo-raymond-moore-has-some-bad-and-dumb-th-1766048378) that female players "ride on the coattails of the men" and so deserved to be paid less than their male counterparts.
Speaking on the "very delicate situation," Djokovic applauded female tennis players who "fought for what they deserve" but then added, regrettably, that men "should fight for more." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/21/**vak-djokovic-tennis-women/)
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