Interest in WTA tennis must be really low when it took you guys almost 12 hours to report the result. Meanwhile for men’s matches it’s reported within minutes.

Maybe they don’t deserve equal pay if they aren’t providing equal entertainment/interest or revenue..

January 25th, 2014 at 2:11 pm

No doubt interest in women’s tennis is at an all-time low. I remember from about the mid to late 90s through to the mid 2000s, women’s tennis was rocking and generated about the same amount of interest as the men’s game. The rivalries fueled the sport. You had Hingis, Davenport, the Williamses, Capriati, Seles, Clijsters, Henin, Mauresmo, then came the emergence of the Russians – leading their charge was Sharapova, Myskina (remember her), Kuznetsova, and Dementieva. Between these women, they won 64 GS titles. That was a golden era. The women’s game was both compelling and fun to watch. The level of skill and talent just doesn’t seem to be there anymore.

January 25th, 2014 at 3:13 pm

@WTF –

I’m thinking first of all how well your username suits you.

I’m also thinking you’re somehow confusing the site bloggers’ immediate publishing priorities with the interests of the reading community. There are lots of us out here who watched the WTA final and are very happy to read whatever coverage is available.

:-)

January 25th, 2014 at 9:54 pm

Speak for yourself M.

January 25th, 2014 at 9:56 pm

M, the staff update very quickly after a men’s match. They don’t even bother with the women’s, which I assume is because they didn’t watch it.

January 25th, 2014 at 11:31 pm

Wait until Serena retires. Unless Sloane Stephens steps up (awful big shoes to fill) viewership in the USA will really drop off. Serena pulls in a lot of fans who aren’t necessarily tennis fans. The folks who aren’t die hard tennis fans won’t want to follow a sport where all of the players have Russian or Eastern European last names. And the US has a weak pipeline of players. It’s too soon to say who the next American household name will be. We certainly don’t have ANYONE on the men’s side.

January 26th, 2014 at 10:37 pm