Djokovic – for tennis players to get more male – BBC Russian

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The first-ranked Novak Djokovic believes that male tennis players longer to get more prize money than women, because their games attract more viewers.

Speaking after winning the tournament in Indian Wells, Djokovic spoke in favor of the use of visits and pageviews matches statistics in determining fair amount of remuneration.

Earlier, the director of the tournament in Indian Wells, Raymond Moore, a 69-year-old former player from South Africa, said, that women should be every night to kneel down and thank god for being born are tennis players, like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, as they move the sport forward.

Serena Williams named expressions Moore offensive, erroneous and very inaccurate.

Later, he apologized for his words.

Novak Djokovic called Moore’s politically incorrect statements. According to him, the woman “fighting for a fair prize and got them”.

However, the Serb said that by developing the principle of distribution of prize money, the Association of Tennis Professionals should be based on the “who gets more attention and viewers and for someone to buy more tickets Statistics show that in the matches between the men present more viewers I believe that this “

.” -. one of the reasons for increasing the size of the prize money for men, “- said Djokovic

On all four tournaments, “Grand Slam” – the Australian open, the French and Wimbledon and the US – in 2007 women and men receive the prize in the same size. ________________________________________

Image caption According to Novak Djokovic, the principles for which it stands, may lead to the fact that in the future women will receive more than men

the debate about the size of the prize for men and women should not be taboo, but statements by Ray Moore were deeply offensive, and it is hard to imagine that it will retain the respect of those tennis players who come to the championship in Indian Wells for the next year.

The views are expressed by Novak Djokovic, shared by many tennis players.

He offers to put the size of the prize in a tournament with the participation of men and women in relation the number of tickets sold and the television audience size.

In the future, this could lead to the fact that women will get more, but at the same time, such a mechanism would undermine the principle of equal tennis payment acting on one platform, regardless of the number of sets that they play.