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  • I prefer watching women's tennis because it's based much more on brute power in the men's game (although some, like Federer, seem to be bucking that trend), whereas the women's game is more about skill.

    So that's why the women's final at Wimbledon was contested by two huge body builders. The women's game may have been more entertaining when played by less powerful contestants, but it will be dominated by big powerful women as long as there are some of sufficient skill available.

    Tennis seems to be an oddity, being the only major sport where women attract more or less equal media coverage and equal prize money to the men. If other sports are minded to build up their respective female competitions to equal status, they probably need to learn some lessons from tennis.

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