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Coas on the women’s Tour: the girls take sides and rebel against the WTA! According to The Athletic, more than 20 players decided on October 5, the day after the WTA 1000 in Beijing, to send a letter of protest to the WTA.
The subject of this is the prize money of the tennis players and the conditions of the tournaments that were played. Among the twenty players who made this choice there are Slam champions: Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina above all.
But Ons Jabeur, three-time Slam finalist, also joined the two colleagues. Other players, such as former world number one and 4 times Slam champion Iga Swiatek, have written an individual letter, with the aim of adding further pressure to a fight that has been going on for many months.
The first fight that the players want to face is certainly the salary issue. The request is a guaranteed annual payment of $500,000 for those who finish in the top 100, $200,000 for those who finish between 101-175 and $100,000 for those who finish between 175-250.
These are the numbers that come out of The Athletic article. According to the tennis players who signed the letter, economic support must also come to those who get injured and above all to mothers who…
