Just A Few Examples Of Female Tennis Stars Being Treated Differently To Men If Ya Wanna See Red

In a world first, the United Cup will see men and women playing side-by-side on the same teams. The global tournament is kicking off for the first time ever in Australia next year and will see some of the world’s top tennis players compete for a shot at a sweet USD$15 million (AUD$22.2 million) prize pool and 500 ranking points. Eighteen countries have been divided up into six groups. In Brisbane, fans will see the likes of world No.2 Casper Ruud

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, Italy’s and Switzerland’s and . In Perth, we’ll see and hit the court for Greece. Icons like and will be flying the flag for Spain in Sydney, along with Americans and world No.3 , and Aussies and . But before we jump into this tennis utopia, let’s look back through some borked examples that show exactly this more equal event is so significant… This is the big one! Frustrations build up on the court and, more often than not, it gets taken out on the racquet. During the 2018 US Open final, copped a code and argued with the umpire before smashing her racquet into the ground in frustration — something we’ve seen times in high-level tennis games. In response to yelling and slamming her racquet, Serena was given two more codes. Male players have slammed racquets, shouted and even sworn at umpires. And, would you believe it, the fellas didn’t get the same penalties… When Naomi Osaka set a boundary last year and chose to cop a fine instead of doing press after the French Open (for her mental health, mind you) reporters “hugely destructive and a massive commercial blow”. On the other hand, Andy Murray once corrected a journalist for some casual sexism (AKA the bare minimum). In response, he received of praise — four pages of Google articles… If the ol’ blood hasn’t boiled yet, this’ll do it. These tennis players are often playing in hot AF conditions, so the men are serving sans shirt. One (1) time, Alizé Cornet needed to spin her shirt around because it was back-to-front and in the process revealed a little bit of torso and sports bra (the horror!). She got hit with a code violation for ‘unsportsmanlike conduct’. Ugh. And yet, look at this guy… Eek. Let’s leave all that in the past and strap in for a summer of tennis stars in our own backyard! You can catch men and women competing together at the  from Thursday the 29th December.