Wimbledon Re-Lived: Journey to Equal Prize Money
The Tennis Podcast
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Women's Lawn Tennis - The Wrestling of the World
I'm disappointed, not for myself, but for all my fellow women players who have struggled so hard to get here. There isn't a player who doesn't dream of holding aloft the wimbledon trophy. I've been fortunate to do so three times, including last year. That win was the high light of my career to date,. The culmination of so many years of work and determination. And at a time when most people didn't consider me to be a contender. So the decision of the all england lawn tennis club, yet again, to treat women as lesser players than men, undeserving of the same amount of prize money has a paricular sting.
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