Lawn Tennis Equality: Doyen of Tory-blogs Completely Wrong, Again

What a pile of old tosh from Iain Dale. This old hours on court argument is complete and utter nonsense.

Three reasons:

First, many women players would be willing and able to play best of five matches. Women run marathons and even 24 hour and multi day races. Whereas not so long ago it was 400 metres or at a stretch 800 metres.

Second, Roger Federer only rarely plays more than three sets and they're often very short and uncompetitive.

Third, court time is the tip of the iceberg. All pro tennis players are full timers and spend a broadly equivalent time training, practicing, conditioning, travelling, doing press, recuperating and the rest.