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Azarenka believes French Open needs equality aside from prize money: "Sometimes you need to hold some people accountable"
WTASunday, 06 June 2021 at 20:00
Victoria Azarenka lost out in her fourth round tie against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the French Open but the main topic of the post match press conference stemmed on the lack of equality in the tournament.
The prize money may be equal but it has been heavily pointed out that all but one night session so far has been a men's game with Serena Williams the only exception.
The former World No.1 spoke about this post match including about how usually semi-final matches haven't been given the centre stage they deserve.
"What concerns me is when somebody from French Federation is continually trying to say there is equality and only pointing out to prize money, which is true," Azarenka said. "Everything else, I wouldn't even agree for a little with that. And that's disappointing."
"I mean, I think there [are] enough examples over the years where we've heard remarks towards women, where we've seen two women's semifinal matches playing on the outside courts," she said. "I mean, you guys, if you follow tennis, you know what I'm talking about. I think there [are] no surprises that I can reveal here.
"I think sometimes you need to hold some people accountable for some of those things and not continuously point out to the obvious of prize money."
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