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Roger Federer fans were incensed by a remark Billie Jean King made about the Swiss following his recent induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The remark revolved around the fight for equality in terms of equal pay in tennis for both men’s and women’s players.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Racquet<\/a>‘s Jake Nevins, King wished for Federer to contribute more to ensure equality between men’s and women’s tennis. Bringing up the Swiss’ twin daughters Myla Rose and Charlene Riva and twin sons Leo and Lenny, the WTA founder said:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \nThanks for the submission!\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/template><\/p>\n “I wish he would fight for equality more because I keep saying, You have two boys and two girls! You have equality in your household!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/template><\/p>\n King, a former World No. 1 in women’s tennis and a 12-time singles major champion who has strived for equality in tennis for much of her life, went on to claim that Federer doesn’t raise his voice against inequality because of his financial interests.<\/p>\n “You think he\u2019d ever do anything to rock the boat? He doesn\u2019t want to. I\u2019d want to make money, too,” she added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Numerous Roger Federer<\/a> fans, clearly furious at what Billie Jean King<\/a> said, took to X (formerly Twitter) and slammed the 82-year-old.<\/p>\n “Billie Jean King should start worrying about not propping serial abuser (Alexander) Zverev before she points fingers at anybody for anything, hypocrite,” one fan wrote<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n “What a smug, self righteous, scold she is,” commented another<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n “She’s so much into equality, she supports men in women’s sports,” another fan chimed in<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n “Equality is a sham. There is no equality, the purpose of competition is to prove that. Superior, inferior, weak strong, smart dumb, fast slow. There is no equality,” one opined<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n “Until women start playing best out of 5 sets there is no \u201cequality\u201d argument,” added another<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n “What the h**l does she even want? The women playing best of five in slams, since they already get the equal prize money? Force the fans to buy tickets to women’s matches if they buy on to a men’s match? Maybe Roger could cheerlead? I really wish she would shut up already,” weighed in yet another fan<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n
Roger Federer’s different takes on equal prize money for men’s & women’s tennis players over the years<\/h2>\n
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