World No.30 ATP player Denis Shapovalov earned praise from his WTA counterparts for his Players’ Tribune article calling on tennis tournaments to pay men’s and women’s players equal prize money at all levels. The Canadian explains that the depth of the pay disparity became clear to him through his relationship with WTA No.145 Mirjam Bjorklund of Sweden.
At the WTA media day for the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, top WTA stars were grateful to see a men’s player work towards equity.
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Talking to the press at the BNP Paribas Open, world No.