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WhaTHellsgoingonhere

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31. Try reading (like actually reading) my post.
Mon May 6, 2013, 12:18 AM
May 2013

...you'll learn a shit load of information that Forbes doesn't even know.

Why isn't Sergiy Stakhovsky on your list? He's usually ranked inside the top 100. A truly amazing accomplishment alone.

Here's what he would tell Forbes if they asked:

On prize money tennis:

I’m in the negative after the IW and Miami Masters. About five thousand. And that’s while reaching the second round in Indian Wells.

This year I’ve been flying economy. From London to Dubai and back I flew for 1200 Euros. And we can’t order tickets in advance. In addition, you can’t give up the cheap tickets. Often, we buy the tickets on the day of departure. And those are completely different numbers.

In a year, I spend 170 thousand Euros on the “game expenses” category. Last year, only the tickets cost me 85 thousand. I earned $428 thousand. Take out 30%, on average, for taxes.

Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray – that’s simply another world. … We simply don’t exist in comparison with them.

Players who aren’t inside the top-20, don’t have any money, except for the prize money. Contracts, clothes – that’s all for the top-5 or top-10 players.


http://www.letsecondserve.com/2012/04/translated-interview-with-sergiy.html


That's pretty much what I told you.
Bill Maher: Martina Navratilova is protesting [View all] question everything May 2013 OP
No Martina, what about Billie Jean King? kelliekat44 May 2013 #1
BJK had retired when she came out. FourScore May 2013 #2
Can I ask a clarification? TDale313 May 2013 #10
Sorry. Martina did not say anything, as far as I know question everything May 2013 #24
Oh, no prob :-) TDale313 May 2013 #26
I wondered about that.. I guess tennis is not a major sport. geckosfeet May 2013 #3
Exactly, it's not a "jock" sport. n/t FourScore May 2013 #4
how about swimming? not jock enough? HiPointDem May 2013 #14
Neither is figure skating, I guess jberryhill May 2013 #6
Individual, not team. TDale313 May 2013 #9
Good, but very sorry she feels the need. elleng May 2013 #5
I probably should have posted it differently question everything May 2013 #18
Gotcha. Thanks. elleng May 2013 #19
She isn't male. Also there's a substantial chunk of Czech. sibelian May 2013 #7
It's true, but... TDale313 May 2013 #8
Didn't she admit at the time that her sexuality cost her endorsements? Boomerproud May 2013 #11
Tennis isn't a *major* sport, and Martina said nothing of the sort (it was just a joke) WhaTHellsgoingonhere May 2013 #12
I bet tennis players would disagree that it isn't a major sport justiceischeap May 2013 #21
lol you pick the wrong person to debate tennis WhaTHellsgoingonhere May 2013 #22
Um... we're talking pro tennis players, right? justiceischeap May 2013 #23
Try reading (like actually reading) my post. WhaTHellsgoingonhere May 2013 #31
The barrier was a major male team sport Recursion May 2013 #13
To clarify, Martina has been very supportive of Jason and admits to there being a big difference dsc May 2013 #15
Martina has a lot of class. LuvNewcastle May 2013 #16
She is - a classy lady question everything May 2013 #25
you could edit your original post. But, no big deal if you don't. mucifer May 2013 #30
Exactly. okwmember May 2013 #29
Admitting? What sort of editorial spin does that word try to play? Bluenorthwest May 2013 #17
This may complicate things: Shankapotomus May 2013 #20
Interesting. Thanks (nt) question everything May 2013 #27
for that matter, what about Brittney Griner? rurallib May 2013 #28
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