Sport
Italian Open’s petty move shines light on continued inequality in tennis prize money – Wide World of Sports
Bizarre change in men’s vs women’s prize money
A measly 10 euros. It may be the pettiest short-changing in tennis history.
The Italian Open, with the gun of COVID-19 pointed at its head, corrected a massive pay discrepancy this year when it reworked prize money across both the men’s and women’s tournaments.
Last year, Rafael Nadal earned 958,055 euros ($A1.56 million) as the men’s champion, nearly double the prize money given to women’s winner Karolina Pliskova (523,858 euros, $A855,455).
With coronavirus smashing the bottom lines of tour…
-
Noosa News20 hours agoFatal traffic incident, Glasshouse Mountains
-
Noosa News17 hours agoCleveland line train services halted after truck crash at Pine Street bridge in Wynnum
-
Noosa News24 hours agoHome in Place evicts social housing tenants from Morningside apartments over landlord failures
-
General15 hours agoBrisbane homelessness services report 48 per cent increase in number of children being supported