It took 34 years! And, it is still a long way to go. The French Open champions were paid equally in 2006, and the same for every round of the draw in 2007. It would take a Venus Williams next to further the women’s cause in 2005 – equal prize money at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Citing higher ratings for men’s matches, it went back to paying the men more. No surprise then that it had taken the Australian Open 11 years after the US Open to offer equal prize money in 1984. It was in 2017 only when Wimbledon once again faced accusations of sexism when matches of world No.1 Angelique Kerber were relegated to outdoor courts as opposed to Centre Court or Court No.1. “I have been involved in sport my whole life and the level of sexism is unreal,’ Andy Murray would say as much in 2018. 2017’s movie Battle of the Sexes also showed Cosell’s put-downs of King and obnoxious sequence while interviewing co-commentator Rosie Casals. When Bobby Riggs came out, he talked about his accomplishments,” King was quoted as saying by WWD a few years back. He never once talked about my accomplishments. “If you listen to the broadcast, Howard Cosell (sports announcer) only talked about my looks. King famously beat him 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in Battle of the Sexes. Promotional act or not, former US tennis player Bobby Riggs did mirror a lot of masculine emotions and mindset when in 1973, he said, “women belong in the bedroom and kitchen, in that order” and that “women play about 25 per cent as good as men, so they should get about 25 per cent of the money men get”.
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