i should have been a tennis player and only concentrate­ on first rounds as it can help me cover my expenses and­ survive. As most british players do. thanks

My only view regarding the winners money is that, if­ both the women and men are paid the same for winning­ each gran slam. The women's game should be extended­ to the best of five set as it is with the men's­ game. As far as I am concern, the womens game can be­ just as exciting as the men's game. We now live in­ a society where we talk about equal treatment,­ therefore it should be equal for the women to work just­ as hard as the men. I am just a fan of the sport and I­ equally enjoy watching both women and men play.

My only view regarding the winners money is that, if­ both the women and men are paid the same for winning­ each gran slam. The women's game should be extended­ to the best of five set as it is with the men's­ game. As far as I am concern, the womens game can be­ just as exciting as the men's game. We now live in­ a society where we talk about equal treatment,­ therefore it should be equal for the women to work just­ as hard as the men. I am just a fan of the sport and I­ equally enjoy watching both women and men play.

WOW HATERS COMPLAINING JUST BECAUSE THE WILLIAMS­ SISTERS TOOK HOME A TOTAL OF 1,505,000.00 POUNDS (ONE­ MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND FIVE BRITSH POUNDS) CRY BABIES­ NOBODY COMPLAINED WHEN KUTNESOVA WENT HOM WITH THE SAME­ PRIZE WITH FEDERER IN ROLAND GAROS BUT THE WILLIAMS WON­ SINGLE TITLE AND RUNNER UP AS WELL AS DOUBLES TITLE AND­ HATERS START TO SCREAM.HAHAHAHAHAHA, HATE IT BUT YOU­ CAN NEVER CHANGE IT, IF YOU LIKE WATCH THE LADIES­ TOURNAMENT OR DON'T WATCH IT THEY WILL ALL GO HOME­ WITH THE SAME PRIZE, I THINK THE ONLY SOLUTION IS FOR­ ALL OF YOU HATERS TO ASPIRE TO BE THE TENNIS­ ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT SO YOU CAN CHANGE THE SHARING­ RULES HAHAHAHAHAHAH NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OR IF IT WILL­ HAPPEN THE WILLIAMS WOULD HAVE RETIRED BY THEN­ HAHAHAHAHAHAHA SO PAINFUL HAHAHAHAHA MORE MILLIONS­ GOING INTO THE WILLIAMS ACCOUNTS HAHAHAHAHAHA

I agree with P T and antonio with the fact that women­ play far less and yet get the same amount of money­ won.
In today's THE TIMES Sport section there was­ only news about the menstennis and there wasn't­ even a tiny article about todays matches.
Also the­ competition in the mens is a whole lot bigger than the­ womens: Hewitt has won Wimbeldon twice and this year he­ didn't get a seed, he also played a tough 5 set­ match against his opponent in the hot day against a­ seed.
In the women's competition however there are­ the Williams sisters and maybe a couple of other­ players who stand out. As for the unseeded­ players...they are massacred in the first round.
FYI­ Harold W nobody cares or watches the womens matches and­ they have no idea what it means to play 2 more sets on­ a 30 degree day until 9pm. If they were all entered in­ 1 singles competition they would proberly run to their­ mums crying about it being too hard and too fast.
P.S.­ they would proberly all be knocked out by non-seeders­ in the first round.

Just one more thing: women probablly couldn't play­ more than 3 sets. They would start crying due to­ exhaustion!

Harold W - please make sure you know what you are on­ about. How can it possibly be fair for women to get the­ same as men? Men play 2/5 more and the interest in the­ mens games doesn't even compare to the women's­ game. I mean, who even cares who wins the ladies? I­ have watched every Federer & Murrey game, most of­ Hewett's games and some others. I have not watched­ a single ladies game. To the best of my knowledge nor­ has most of the other men in my tennis club.

i agree with the fact if woman want the same money they­ should play best of 5 and not the best of 3 from start­ to finish round 1 to the final

I cant believe all those brits who got wildcards­ entires, and then who did so badly will still pocket­ 10k for their 'efforts' - no wonder the press­ give them a hard time!!

If u lose in the 1st roundd u­ should really just get ur expenses covered!

I believe in fairness as well,but this is about equity­ as well,therefore, has nothing to do with %,but­ proportionality: Under P.T's Fri 26 Jun 4:23PM­ plan,the women would only get 510,000 and the men would­ get 850,000,and this would not only be grossly un fair­ but also a grave injustice. This money is given out in­ 15 parts;the women get 10/15=2/3, and the men get­ 9/15=3/5;one part less than the women or 1/15 of the­ 850,000, which is approximately 56.6,000: And if fair­ is to be fair, they can give the men 850,000 and the­ women 793.4,000. However,I believe women's tennis­ produce more sales to men, women and commerce than­ men's tennis. From H.W. 27/06/09 6:30PM

I believe in fairness as well,but this is about equity­ as well,therefore, has nothing to do with %,but­ proportionality: Under P.T's Fri 26 Jun 4:23PM­ plan,the women would only get 510,000 and the men would­ get 850,000,and this would not only be grossly un- fair­ but also a grave injustice. This money is given out in­ 15 parts;the women get 10/15=2/3, and the men get­ 9/15=3/5;one part less than the women or 1/15 of the­ 850,000, which is approximately 56.6,000: And if fair­ is to be fair, they can give the men 850,000 and the­ women 793.4,000. However,I believe women's tennis­ produce more sales to men, women and commerce than­ men's tennis. From H.W. 27/06/09 6:30PM

Only when women play the best of 5 sets should they­ earn as much as the men, besides, the women's­ matches are not as exciting as that of the men. I say­ the women should earn 60% of £850 000.00 in line with­ the number of games they play. In the work place, when­ one works overtime, one earns extra in wages. Fair is­ fair.

the prize money is a total racket :)

That's equality for you

the pay is not fair to men player unless the lady's­ play three out of five sets like the men

can someone bye me a sandwitch please

THIS IS REALLY ENCOURAGING
THIS HELPS MOTIVATES YOUNG­ PLAYERS TO PERFORM MUCH BETTER