KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Novak Djokovic met with former women's tennis greats Billie Jean King and Chris Evert on Wednesday to hear their thoughts about equal prize money, and backpedaled on his comments Sunday after his tournament victory at Indian Wells.
Djokovic made the initial comments after Indian Wells chief operating officer and tournament director Raymond Moore said female players should be thankful to their male counterparts "because they ride on the coattails of the men." Moore resigned late Monday.
The top-ranked Djokovic tried to clarify his stance that men should earn more prize money because they draw more spectators by saying that he does not make any distinction between the genders when it comes to distribution of the wealth.