BRISBANE, Jan 7 — Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens today blasted organisers of this week’s Brisbane International, accusing them of favouring the male players and not respecting the women. The WTA tournament is being run alongside the Brisbane leg of the men’s inaugural ATP Cup, which...
Tuesday, 07 Jan 2020 03:33 PM MYT
BRISBANE, Jan 7 — Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens today blasted organisers of this week’s Brisbane International, accusing them of favouring the male players and not respecting the women. The ATP Cup’s last round-robin matches in Brisbane will be played tomorrow, meaning women’s matches will be relegated to the outside courts until Thursday.
“I think there’s been a lot of challenges just because it’s a new event, combined with the girls, whatever, there’s definitely been some challenges,” she said.
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