But the five-time title winner still thought that there was a lot more to be done when it came to respecting female athletes in tennis and in other sports. She explained: “Sometimes I don’t really think that it’s just a question of money, but also respect, because sometimes I just, you know, and I say it again and I told you so many times that people would judge women’s tennis without even watching one match. That pisses me off a lot.
“For me, you cannot judge a basketball match, women’s match, because it’s just a woman playing. I feel like we are sometimes programmed. You know, you open, Okay, let’s watch football. What kind of football? Is it man football? Is it women football?”
“Even us, I grew up just opening the TV, like Okay, let’s go watch football, Ronaldo, this, this, and that. First, we don’t have the opportunity to watch a lot of women’s sports in general, which it’s changing right now, but I think we are 2024, we need more than that. I want to open the TV and not just see Women’s World Cup. Men’s World Cup, can I call it Men’s World Cup, as well? These things, it’s small details that makes the difference.”
