Wimbledon golden girl Maria Sharapova made a reprimand against Frenchman Gilles Simon, for his outspoken criticism of the cash prize equivalent to saying, "You will never be as popular as me."
Simon caused an uproar at the All England Club to revive the thorny issue of equal prize money, claiming the men's game is more attractive and to play five sets they deserve the top prizes.
But Sharapova, who is the world's tallest athlete to pay, he told Simon that was far from reality."No matter what anyone says, or criticism of those who receive it, despite everything else, I'm sure there are a few more people who see my matches than his, so ...." said Sharapova."Women have fought so long to get the same prize. Was a great challenge and no one really supported us. Have been a few years since we've achieved that. We are all very proud of it, and continue to build the sport and make it bigger. "
Sharapova found the support of fellow former world number one Serena Williams, four-time Wimbledon champion told Simon that he was fighting a losing battle.
She is much more interesting than it is for more people to see Mary, "said Williams.I started playing tennis at age two. I'm sure it started when I was two years old, too. I have worked so hard as I did. "Sharapova played on court one on Thursday, while Williams was on center court, just an hour up the pace Melinda Czink.In contrary, the world number 13 Simon was on court three, losing in three sets to Xavier Malisse in his second round match.
The Simon 27-year-old, who has accumulated 10 Tour titles in his career but has never gone beyond the quarterfinals in a Grand Slam, he faced a storm of questions media.But said his views were shared by most men on the tour. "Players of men? The 128 players here think like me, that's for sure. Just ask," he said. "I'm pretty sure they're thinking the same way Maybe I can not say. Maybe not. You may lose $ 2 million in contracts, if you say that the conversation in the locker room to ensure that they agree with me. Trust in me.
Simon admitted he will never be as popular as Sharapova, but his argument was in entertainment.
"Mary is more famous than me. She deserves to win more money than me. That's not the problem," he said.
"My view is not just fun. In men's tennis is actually more interesting than women. As in any business or anything else, just pay just for that. When Shakira is singing, she is making more money than the most men, because everyone wants to see.
The entertainment is not a man or a woman. This is the public comes to see or not. This is not how hard you work. You can work hard and be a famous singer. You can work hard and just sing in the bathroom.
Tomorrow, if women's tennis is more interesting than men's tennis, if the final price of women is higher than the price at the end of men, he deserves more money than us.Ironically, former Wimbledon semi-finalist Malisse admitted that supported openly the views of the French.
I share their thinking, but I'd rather not get into it. I prefer to go into that, "Malisse said." I have gotten into too many things in my life, so I'm done with that.However, Malisse, 75 of the world, said such arguments are put aside once the players are on court. "He has an opinion. Once we're on the court thinking I do not think the prize money. Try to win and play my best," he said. "I can not say more because they think they have, and I respect it.
Simon caused an uproar at the All England Club to revive the thorny issue of equal prize money, claiming the men's game is more attractive and to play five sets they deserve the top prizes.
But Sharapova, who is the world's tallest athlete to pay, he told Simon that was far from reality."No matter what anyone says, or criticism of those who receive it, despite everything else, I'm sure there are a few more people who see my matches than his, so ...." said Sharapova."Women have fought so long to get the same prize. Was a great challenge and no one really supported us. Have been a few years since we've achieved that. We are all very proud of it, and continue to build the sport and make it bigger. "
Sharapova found the support of fellow former world number one Serena Williams, four-time Wimbledon champion told Simon that he was fighting a losing battle.
The Simon 27-year-old, who has accumulated 10 Tour titles in his career but has never gone beyond the quarterfinals in a Grand Slam, he faced a storm of questions media.But said his views were shared by most men on the tour. "Players of men? The 128 players here think like me, that's for sure. Just ask," he said. "I'm pretty sure they're thinking the same way Maybe I can not say. Maybe not. You may lose $ 2 million in contracts, if you say that the conversation in the locker room to ensure that they agree with me. Trust in me.
Simon admitted he will never be as popular as Sharapova, but his argument was in entertainment.
"Mary is more famous than me. She deserves to win more money than me. That's not the problem," he said.
"My view is not just fun. In men's tennis is actually more interesting than women. As in any business or anything else, just pay just for that. When Shakira is singing, she is making more money than the most men, because everyone wants to see.
The entertainment is not a man or a woman. This is the public comes to see or not. This is not how hard you work. You can work hard and be a famous singer. You can work hard and just sing in the bathroom.
Tomorrow, if women's tennis is more interesting than men's tennis, if the final price of women is higher than the price at the end of men, he deserves more money than us.Ironically, former Wimbledon semi-finalist Malisse admitted that supported openly the views of the French.
I share their thinking, but I'd rather not get into it. I prefer to go into that, "Malisse said." I have gotten into too many things in my life, so I'm done with that.However, Malisse, 75 of the world, said such arguments are put aside once the players are on court. "He has an opinion. Once we're on the court thinking I do not think the prize money. Try to win and play my best," he said. "I can not say more because they think they have, and I respect it.
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