Tuesday 22 March 2016

Djokovic: Men deserve higher pay than women

World Number one Novak Djokovic has said he believes men tennis should get higher prize money than women because they pull more spectators. 

This has added to the controversy over equality in the sport after Indian Wells tournament director Raymond Moore said women's tennis was riding on the coat-tails of the men's game. 

However, Djokovic, who won the Indian Wells title for the fifth time, said Moore was wrong in his remark. 

The Serbian said women “fought for what they deserve and they got it”. But he added that the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) “should fight for more.” 

“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," Djokovic said. 

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