Berrettini and Sinner, the alert is not high, but very high: Rome is at risk, the storm is now on the horizon.
Equal pay between men and women and a leaner, somewhat less packed calendar than we have now. These were, in essence, the two cornerstones of the project of which, in the end, it was decided to do nothing more. In fact, the idea of the Premium Tour seems to have definitely faded and, with it, the possibility of the men’s and women’s circuits converging into a single league.
The tennis players probably wouldn’t have minded. They would have played a little less and earned more, but so be it. They, too, will have to get over it. However, it is quite peculiar that the news of the project’s rejection has circulated at the same juncture when a Wta player has cast shadows on the unequal treatment, in the tennis world, of players and players. Her accusations, to tell the truth, are not “general,” but well targeted. And this time, unfortunately, he has it out for the Italians.
Ons Jabeur, it is she we are talking about, raised a real fuss when, in recent days, she spilled the beans while answering questions from the press on the sidelines of the Madrid tournament. The talk went to gender equality, and it was at that point that the Tunisian decided to spill the beans.
Berrettini and Sinner, Rome and Madrid in the crosshairs
“We still have a long way to go,” said the Ksar Hellal champion, “especially here in Madrid and Rome, in Europe in general. I think women deserve more respect, they have to respect the way we play as well. The way they treat women and men here is completely different. Maybe people don’t see it from the outside. I really enjoy watching women’s tennis, I enjoy watching women’s sports in general. I think we deserve more. “
World No. 6, like a river in flood, continued to argue her point: “A tennis player told me that she wanted a training camp and that four girls, among the top 20 in the world, had to share the training camp while the boys had their own camp for two, three hours.”
“The fault lies not with the people who organize the training camps, but with the tournament. This tournament was bought by Img, but I don’t see the difference. The big example there was two years ago, we played a final that was supposed to be at 6 p.m., only we played it after the men’s semifinal. There were also on-court interviews that delayed the start.” A shadow that threatens to tarnish the image of the tournament being played at the home of Berrettini and Sinner?
