Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal make you have enormous TV audience - Lopez
In an interview, the Madrid Open tournament director Feliciano Lopez commented on the Spanish event offering same money to female and male players. "Billie Jean King fought a lot for the prize money and she made possible that all the Grand Slams feature equal prize money. But in the end, there is a market as well and televisions pay crazy amounts to broadcast matches. People do not know how that works, now that I am in the Madrid tournament and I see the audiences: Nadal against Federer has a brutal audience, millions of people watch them. But tennis is in a very advanced position. We can feel proud about us as Madrid being one of the few tournaments to pay the same amount", said Lopez.
Lopez split with his wife Ana Carillo last year, he is dating a new woman but he does not want to make his private life get too popular: "I am not in favour of showing so many intimate moments, but the world goes into a direction and you have to fit to the times and an influencer's job seems very respectful to them. I am very different: when I started on social media I was much more active, but now I mostly use it to follow the news. Also, sometimes it makes the press' job complicated because famous people or other people connected to them give information in a direct way. All of us need to adapt at the end of the day. Now there are many people who thanks to social media can be attractive for the brands. Morning is easy and no one gives you anything."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2E4xNmC
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