By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Friday, January 3, 2024
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Novak Djokovic knows tennis is a bottom-line business.
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The Serbian superstar is pro tennis all-time prize money leader earning more than $185 million over the course of his glorious career.
Asked his assessment of Nick Kyrgios’ assertion that tennis players are “absurdly” underpaid, Djokovic fully backed Kyrgios’ claim.
Compared to other major sports, tennis players are not receiving a fair piece of the financial pie, Djokovic said.
“I’m just going to state a fact. It’s not my opinion,” Djokovic told the media in Brisbane. “The fact is that that’s true, what [Kyrgios is] saying. The pie split between the governing bodies in major sports, all major American sports, like NFL, NBA, baseball, NHL, is 50% maybe more, some less, but around…
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