MADRID, April 29 — Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur on Monday called out organisers of European tournaments for failing to “respect” women players by giving preferential...
Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur returns a ball to Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko during the 2024 WTA Tour Madrid Open tournament last sixteen tennis match at Caja Magica in Madrid on April 29, 2024. — AFP picMADRID, April 29 — Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur on Monday called out organisers of European tournaments for failing to “respect” women players by giving preferential treatment to men at combined events after she swept into the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open .
But Jabeur, the 2022 Madrid champion, later took a swipe at tournament organisers, telling reporters she believes tennis still has a way to go to achieve gender equality, despite it being the leader in women’s sport. Sharing examples from her personal experiences at events, Jabeur said women players were not given the same access to practice courts as the men, and noted how WTA matches were not shown on TV as frequently as ATP matches.
“I haven’t seen once one tennis match of a woman. Obviously, I understand there are a lot of Spanish playing, but asking for one match? Even the female Spanish they are not even showing.
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