"The season is 10 months of the year, there's inequality": Maria Sharapova calls tennis tour system 'slightly broken'

Maria Sharapova has called out the nature of the current WTA Tour albeit she is preaching to the choir in calling out the current mistakes that are evident in the structure of the women's game.

Led by Iga Swiatek, the WTA is currently undergoing a mini revolt since the WTA Finals with players sending letters to Steve Simon who has since left his role as Chairman complaining about a myriad of issues including the schedule. Many players albeit taking the coin from exhibitions such as World Tennis League had hardly any time off between the end of the season and the Australian Open.

This is also a matter of these players not even having a Paris Masters like the ATP and still the timings are tight when they finish and then play the WTA Finals and she said that the different fractures of the sport are also an issue where ATP and WTA are different from the Grand Slams and there is inequality. This is especially the case with prize money with pledges being made but only the leading Grand Slams and some Masters tournaments have the monopoly of being equal with the men's game.

"The schedule and the system is still slightly broken. There's so much going on. The season is 10 months out of the year. There's several different federations involved; the Grand Slams that are not connected to the rest of the tour. There's inequality," said Sharapova on the Bloomberg Originals' The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly.