Indian Wells - Djokovic Sparks Equal Prize Money Debate After Winning Title; Raymond Moore Comments Reaction; Azarenka Beats Serena; Jez Green Interview
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2016
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
On a day when we expected to be headlining with Azarenka’s win over Serena Williams, instead all the talk was of Indian Wells Tournament Director Raymond Moore’s astonishing comments about the women’s game, and a response from Novak Djokovic that reopened the equal prize money debate.
David Law and Catherine Whitaker review what was said by whom, and react to it. Does Djokovic have a point? Is it time the debate was put to bed by making tennis equal pay for equal play? Or is it just too depressing for words that equality isn’t simply seen as the right thing in 2016?
The wins of Azarenka and Djokovic are also discussed, as is the resurgence of Rafael Nadal.
In an exclusive interview, we also talk to Jez Green, the man that helped to make Andy Murray the physical juggernaut he is today, and who is now in charge of the fitness of 18-year-old German prodigy Alexander Zverev.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, this is Martina Navratlova and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:14.8 | Hello, welcome to the tennis podcast brought to you in association with the telegraph. My name is David |
| 0:20.8 | Laura. I'm joined by Catherine Whitaker who has just been commentating on the BMP Parabar Open |
| 0:27.4 | final between Novak Djokovic and Milosh Ranich for Talksport. Two new channel that Catherine has |
| 0:34.0 | been working for there. I've been following developments and listening to a little bit of Catherine, |
| 0:38.8 | a little bit of five live sports extra, watching a bit of BT Sport coverage as well of the women's |
| 0:44.2 | final between Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams. But Catherine Whitaker, we have a lot to talk |
| 0:51.6 | about today. Normal service from Novak Djokovic in a pretty disappointing final in the end, wasn't it |
| 0:57.4 | between himself and Milosh Ranich, much more exciting final between Azarenka who really did, I feel, |
| 1:05.3 | return to the big time in that win over Serena Williams 6464 although Williams, she wasn't quite |
| 1:11.2 | at her best was she today. Raffa and the Dow provided a few further shoots of hope with his run |
| 1:17.6 | to the semis. But the final day Catherine really has been somewhat overshadowed, largely overshadowed |
| 1:24.4 | I'm afraid by some astonishing quotes from the Indian Wells tournament director Raymond Moore. |
| 1:30.5 | Yes, if I sound a little bit depressed, it's well it's because I have a little bit depressed, |
| 1:36.0 | frankly. I expect you're going to read out a selection of what he says, what he said, I suspect |
| 1:42.4 | most people have heard in summary what he said, which was essentially that, well not essentially, he |
| 1:48.9 | said direct quote, women. Female tennis players have been riding on the coattails of men for a number |
| 1:56.2 | of years now and that they should get down on their knees every night and thank God for Roger |
| 2:02.0 | Federer and Raffa Alnadal. I was a bit. Yeah, just to give you the specifics of that quote in |
| 2:09.7 | its entirety, it was it was all held at a basically a normally innocuous media breakfast that they |
| 2:17.6 | hold on finals day in Indian Wells. I think they've been doing this for many many years, but |
| 2:23.0 | how they exactly got into it, I don't know, but Raymond Moore, the tournament director in Indian Wells, |
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