Roger Federer, Serena Williams have earned privileges on Tour - Evert
Chris Evert believes that legends like Roger Federer and Serena Williams have earned the right to play on the main stadiums. In a press conference, Evert commented on Julien Benneteau's quotes on Roger Federer often playing at night.
'I believe it’s a balance, a sensitive balance. The tournament directors have to be expense active to the lower ranked players because the higher ranked players at times get precedence. He always look at Serena and Roger, I say, Look, they can play five tournaments a year, they can play any time they want. They can dictate when they want to play. They’ve been on the tour for 20 years. They’ve been ranked No. 1. They’ve been such great spokespeople for the game of tennis, great ambassadors. Is there a little bit of favoritism towards them? Yes. But they’ve earned it. It’s all about earning it. It’s all about it’s entertainment. This isn’t all about tennis matches, it’s also about entertainment. At the same time, the tournament directors do have to be sensitive, especially when it’s a major tournament, to make sure everybody has the best schedule that they can have.'
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from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2RmLBl3
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