Tennis is fascinating, because tennys's is a sort of massive exception to the general rule that women sport lags behind men. prize money at the grand slams has been equal for over 15 years now. And interestingly, if you look at the viewing figures for the finals, you see that the women's game is pretty competitive with the men. In the most recent us Open, for instance, the women's final attracted more viewers than the men's did.
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