Djokovic is doing it again in the Chinese Open with
Raffers also making it through to the quarter finals, chasing $3,944,715 in
prize money. I would imagine though their thoughts are on ball, racket and
court rather than the amount they win. Both are already worth a fortune. Djokovic, Murray, Federer and Wawrinka have
qualified for it. As tournaments around the world play out the points awarded
might also see Berdych, Nishikori, Nadal and Ferrer in the top 8 to make the O2
arena final round robin.
In the women’s Chinese Open Miss Q. Wang who is from China
went out in the 2nd round. Those going on to the 3rd round are
chasing after $4,720,380 in prize money which is more than the men for a
change. They surely deserve it often pulling in more spectators than the men at
many tournaments, a point made by Billy Jean King who started a women’s lib in
tennis in 1973. She had 39 grand slam titles to her name when she retired.
Women’s Lib in Tennis:
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| Hillyard - Eastbourne 1901 |
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| Tennis In 1874 |
Women’s lib has brought women’s tennis a long way as you
can see from this collage of pictures.
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| Helen Wills Moody 1932 |
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| Serena Williams in 2015 |
I wonder what the ladies of yesteryear would make of
today’s liberated gear for women tennis players. I think it might be voiced in
the strongest polite terms and hands would go up in horror if they saw this one
à https://goo.gl/0dfDWt (eye candy for the men).
Snooker:
Women’s lib has also recently entered the snooker world,
for many years a men only activity. Micheala
Tab is pursuing a case of breach of contract
and unfair dismissal. She refereed 2 world finals and was the first
woman to referee a ranking tournament at the 2002 Welsh Open. Watch this space
folks, I will pursue this one.
Meantime the men are playing in the Ruhr tournament in
Germany having begun with 239 players to whittle down to the last two in the
final. The first round consists of the best of 7 frames.
But back to the tennis:
The Junior Men’s Davis Cup Champions are Canada and the
Junior Ladies Davis Cup Champions are The Czech Republic. Hearty congratulations
to all concerned. The Canadian youngsters beat Germany 2-1 in the final and the
Czech youngsters beat the USA 2-1.
Jemima J.Jones - Blog Writer
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