Top tennis players express frustration with their treatment and conditions at the WTA Tour Finals in Cancun, Mexico.
For the better part of a decade, Tatjana Maria, the veteran German player, has been cramming into cramped hotel rooms with her husband/coach and children, or using her own money to pay for larger ones as she traveled the world with her family so she could be a full-time mom and professional tennis player. Advertisement In 2018, CoCo Vandeweghe played most of the season on a broken foot to avoid fines for missing mandatory tournaments.
Rybakina applauds the fans in Cancun They are also seeking a shift from a strict pay-for-play format to a form of guaranteed compensation for the top 250 players: $500,000 for players in the top 100, $200,000 for the next 75, and $100,000 for the rest. The proposed compensation system would include injury protection, providing half of the minimum pay if a player misses six months. In the case of pregnancy and childbirth, a player would receive the protection for two years.
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