Nick Kyrgios sparks backlash for Novak Djokovic remark in gender pay row
Nick Kyrgios has been known as out by numerous followers on Twitter after wading into the gender pay row by complaining about Novak Djokovic‘s earnings at Wimbledon. The topic of equal pay for women and men is usually hotly debated in tennis, with feminine gamers sometimes incomes significantly lower than their male counterparts.
The subject was raised on Monday by tennis podcaster Myles David, who identified that Dan Evans will obtain considerably greater than Coco Gauff regardless of each gamers successful their respective tournaments in Washington final week. The Brit is about to pocket round £276,500 for claiming the spoils within the ATP 500 occasion, whereas Gauff will solely get round £94,000 for successful the WTA model.
“They played at the same venue all week,” added David. “They played best of three sets all week. They will not get paid the same.”
The submit attracted a quick response from Kyrgios, with the Aussie arguing that Marketa Vondrousova earned greater than Djokovic at Wimbledon this yr. He wrote: “What about slams? Do we do this breakdown then? Vondrousova made more than Novak that week.”
Kyrgios was rapidly reminded by a number of followers that Vondrousova gained the ladies’s singles occasion at Wimbledon, which already pays women and men the identical quantity of prize cash. Djokovic, in the meantime, was the runner-up within the males’s competitors and earned lower than Vondrousova in consequence.
@TheTennisTalker stated: “Marketa Vondrousova won the title, Nick, Novak Djokovic was runner up. Of course she should have won more!” An identical view was echoed by @jesseisahack, who added: “Evans and Gauff both won the tournament. Djokovic did not win Wimbledon, so yes, Vondrousova made more than him. Think about this for longer than two seconds my dude.”
@LoveBerg10kamp, in the meantime, stated: “You’ve had a shocker here, Nicholas. Sad thing is you didn’t even have to get involved, you chose to. Unfortunately for you, the guy was making a completely valid point. That is an insane disparity.”
Tennis has the smallest gender pay hole in skilled sport, however feminine gamers nonetheless earn round 34.32 per cent lower than males on common and the marketing campaign for equal pay is unlikely to quieten down any time quickly.