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Rafael Nadal Thinks Viewership Should Determine Men's and Women's Tennis Earnings

11-time French Open winner Rafael Nadal made headlines on Tuesady after tellin an Italian magazine that the discussion surrounding equal pay for women's players is " a comparison we shouldn't even make" because of the viewership differences.

Nadal related the topic to the difference in pay between female and male models.

Q: “In tennis, should women earn as much as men?”

Nadal: “It’s a comparison we shouldn’t even make. Female models earn more than male models and nobody says anything. Why? Because they have a larger following. In tennis too, who gathers a larger audience earns more”.