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At least this is opening up a healthy debate. Do female tennis players want to play 3 set matches? Nicole Cooke was clear in her frustration at shorter track and road events for the women, it's all very 1930s isn't it? Protecting the frail female body from the rigours of endurance sport.
I don't think it's this any more. I think it's got more to do with the attitude that women's sport brings in less of an audience/advertising/sponsorship etc then men's sport, so gets less screen time and thus shorter/less events.
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I think Sharapova and Serena Williams are/were on equitable cash, but they were outliers.
At least this is opening up a healthy debate. Do female tennis players want to play 3 set matches? Nicole Cooke was clear in her frustration at shorter track and road events for the women, it's all very 1930s isn't it? Protecting the frail female body from the rigours of endurance sport.