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the coming of gary 2:25 Fri Jun 28
The 2019 Championships, Wimbledon
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... starts Monday ! ... as usual, a look through some seeding numbers. ...men's ;
5,6,7 - Thiem, Zverev, Tsitsipas. - grouped together here as the new guard of tennis, but who will be the breakout champion ?
11 - Medvedev . the Russian returns to form on grass, and made the Queens semi final last week
17 - Berrettini . fast improving young Italian has been highly rated by Federer himself.
19 - Auger - Alliassime. . Felix A-A has massive potential at just 18. was highlighted on here by Far Cough earlier in the year
...women ;
3 - Pliskova . excellent player, can win the whole thing
5 - Kerber - back to her best by thrashing Halep this week
19 - Konta . reaching last fours now, just needs a bit more mental strength
31 Sakkari . im a fan of this tough little player
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eusebiovic
10:49 Tue Jul 16
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Sven Roeder
It better to have collective bargaining...just look at the uncompetiveness of La Liga and Serie A. If the Premiership adopted their financial model then overnight most of the teams would be pushed into receivership including ours.
At least every team here gets £100m plus prize money depending on final position.
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Sven Roeder
8:08 Tue Jul 16
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You could argue that Chesterfields centre forward has had as many early starts and training sessions as Sergio Aguero but don’t imagine he expects he should be paid as much.
Have said before that Wimbledon (like the Olympics) is one of the few sporting events that at the very top level (ie the Grand Slams) is sold as a package of men’s and women’s tennis so the women COULD argue they are equal partners.
Would be interesting though if they separated it into two tournaments one after the other and totted up the ticket, sponsorship and tv revenue.
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eusebiovic
11:49 Mon Jul 15
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Call me dim but I assume that the equal prize money is reward for the years of early starts and training from a very young age which only intensifies during a professional career.
The women might only go to 3 sets but the journey to get to professional status in the first place is most probably the same as the men.
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New Jersey
11:48 Mon Jul 15
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I think there has been talk that in the future there could be a change for the women to go to the same number of sets as the men, particularly in the slams and say from the quarter final stage. I think the women would welcome this.
I don't begrudge Halep her money, thought she was superb the way she dismantled Williams!
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Block
9:34 Mon Jul 15
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No issues with the prize money, only the sad cunts want to analyse things like that.
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the coming of gary
1:23 Mon Jul 15
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prize money (or even sport itself) isnt measured by the hour)
...presumably some people wanted female marathon winners to earn a lot more more than Usain Bolt and his ten seconds
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Nurse Ratched
10:26 Sun Jul 14
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Thank Cough.
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Far Cough
10:20 Sun Jul 14
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No, I never knew that, farcical
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Any Old Iron
10:13 Sun Jul 14
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Far Cough 9:03 Sun Jul 14
Except, rather ridiculously, they don't. The two who women played for 56 minutes yesterday got exactly the same dough as these two blokes got for 4 hours 57 minutes of vastly superior tennis.
Or perhaps you were being ironic.
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Elm Park 21
9:58 Sun Jul 14
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I don’t think they do. Have a feeling that both sexes get paid the same in majors. However, they shouldn’t do.
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wanstead_hammer
9:57 Sun Jul 14
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El scorchio.
Hahaha.
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the coming of gary
9:55 Sun Jul 14
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congrats to the Champions, next stop the US Open !
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El Scorchio
9:46 Sun Jul 14
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Lego haired drug cheat freak
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the coming of gary
9:32 Sun Jul 14
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tie breaks at 12 - 12 now, after Isner played for about a month
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Far Cough
9:29 Sun Jul 14
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Didn't know they had tie breaks in the 5th set?
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Gaffer58
9:28 Sun Jul 14
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Although a great match personally I prefer the Borg era when there was more serve and volley, today it's more I'll hit it to you, you hit it back until someone makes a mistake.
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Far Cough
9:10 Sun Jul 14
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Nurse, Djok won
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Nurse Ratched
9:04 Sun Jul 14
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Who's winning?
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Far Cough
9:03 Sun Jul 14
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And that ladies and gentlemen is why the men get paid more prize money
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geoffpikey
8:36 Sun Jul 14
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This match has lasted longer than Andy Carroll's season.
I thought it would be dull. I was wrong.
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Tomshardware
8:23 Sun Jul 14
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Top tennis.
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