I remember a few years back when the money earned by top female tennis pros in tournament prizes toped that of top male pros for a brief period (I am not a big tennis fan so I don’t remember when exactly), there was no voice from the same crowd calling for “equal pay for equal work”, but newspapers and politically-correct sports journalists were quite triumphant and ecstatic about women’s superior earning power in tennis. But that was then.
What can you expect from people who have no problem glorifying Ms King’s victory over male (ex-) champion in the battle of sexes and lionizing it as one of the proudest moment in the history of women in sports? What will happen if Nadar or someone around that level play against over-aged, fat, retired female tennis champion? Would he barely edge out after an exhaustingly long match or win without even breaking a sweat? Actually the King’s match should be listed as one of the dark moment when the reigning female champion had so much difficulty in beating old, retired male champion.
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