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Column: Women Need Five-Sets Tennis to Win Equality Battle

PARIS — After a bruising start, this ultimately morphed into a points-scoring week for women's tennis.

Quick recap: Novak Djokovic put both feet in his mouth by suggesting that male players should be paid more, and by condescendingly praising women athletes for overcoming "a lot of different things that we don't have to go through. You know, the hormones and different stuff."

Sigh. Hardly the sort of forward-looking, 21st century leadership one wants to hear from the top-ranked man. Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, and a few days of reflection subsequently helped to put him right. Djokovic backpedaled with a qualified apology.