“I prefer to see the masculine” | Relief

The preview of the Mutua Madrid Open seemed like it would be marked by uncertainty regarding the physiques of Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz, but previous press conferences gave a headline that dropped like a bomb in the Caja Mágica. Belorussian Arina Sabalenko She spoke about her love for tennis when she is not on the court, and her words surprised one and all.

“I don’t usually watch a lot of tennis, but I prefer to watch men’s tennis rather than women’s tennis.“, the current second racket of the world started, but she did not stop there and took another step that her classmates would not like: “I think it’s more logical and interesting to watch.Without a doubt, some statements that we will have to see how the rest of the players react to them in the coming days.

Sabalenka, who defends her title in Madrid starting this weekend, shoots like this stones on the roof of the women’s tennis court and reopens a debate that has already caused controversy in recent years. Without going into detail, there were comments at the Spanish Open in the Spanish capital about the small crowds that women’s matches attract when they are played on Manolo Santana’s Center Court.

Harsh words also come after months of deep wound in the female outline. First of all, with some players who complained to the WTA management that they are not selling the product properly, and this causes statements similar to those made by Pliskova: “Women’s tennis seems more marginalized than beforeOr what happened in the last WTA final, when the world number one, Poland’s Iga Swiatek, had to ask the crowd of Guadalajara (Mexico) to come to some soulless stands in the fight for the 2023 Masters title.