Women Dominating: Top Tier Performance of Female Tennis Players
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — A decade has passed at the BNP Paribas Open since Raymond Moore, on the final Sunday, made the sexist comments that led to his resignation. Moore was chief executive and tournament director when he said in a news conference ahead of the 2016 singles finals: “In my next life, when I come back, I want to be someone in the WTA, because they ride on the coattails of the men.
They don’t make any decisions, and they are lucky. They are very, very lucky. “If I was a lady player, I’d go down every night on my knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born, because they have carried this sport.
” Moore described several WTA Tour players as “very attractive prospects,” clarifying that he meant physically as well as competitively. Moore, who did not respond to an interview request for this story, apologized for his comments before resigning, calling them in “poor taste and erroneous. ” Legends of the women’s game, including Serena Williams and Billie Jean King , criticized him for his remarks.
Hours after Moore’s news conference, Novak Djokovic said the remarks “were not politically correct” after thrashing Milos Raonic in the men’s final. “I understand how much power and energy WTA and all the advocates for equal prize money have invested in order to reach that,” Djokovic said in his post-match news conference. “They fought for what they deserve and they got it.
On the other hand, 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. ” Djokovic issued an apology a couple of days later. “I don’t make any differences between the genders.
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