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[sailinthru]

Gee, women in tennis like the Australian open get the same dough as the men but only play best of 3 sets, while the men play best of 5 sets. Superior pay for less work it seems to me.

They say it's for TV and short attention spans, not to mention short skirts. Nevertheless, it's time for this charade to end. Women's tennis will get better. Women have no problem running marathons. But running women look a little gaunt.

Now if only they stopped wearing white all the time.

[cunning_stunt]

Why do they even bother to play ? If we wanted to watch people play tennis we'd watch men , who do it far better . Let's be honest , they only have worth as sexual objects . They should lose the whole "playing tennis " pretence , get better girls and get them to run around in short skirts , squeeling and bending over once in while .....you know....take the whole thing to its logical conclusion.

[VanIslander]

Three sets is over in an hour or an hour and a half.

Five sets can take over 4 (FOUR) hours.

Sometimes a 5-setter can be the most gripping thing but often, especially in earlier rounds or with non-stars, it can be bloody boring and I often skip the second set (and the third if tied 1-1 after two sets).

That is one advantage of women's tennis: the time commitment is more convenient, not too long.

Another thing I've greatly appreciated is the longer rallies in the women's game. Men's tennis can often be serving ace after serving ace, and short serve and volley points. That said, I was very impressed at the exceptional number of rallies in the Aussie Open men's game this year. Very atypical. The result of a post-Sampras, post-Safin world I guess.

[tzechuk]

Women's prize money is less than the men's.

[VanIslander]