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**iH1wMOhE** · 09-21-2007, 03:12 AM

And this gem from Mr. Noam Okun:

Except for the truly surprising success in the Davis Cup, men's tennis in Israel is in a deep recession. The players bounce around in the second 100 of the singles rankings and there are no young players tapped as future talent. The focus has been stolen by the women, which really upsets Okun.

"There is too much noise about women's tennis being made here," he says. "It is clear that we have a top-15 women's player. I am sure that if there were a top-15 men's player, they would not even be discussing Shahar.

"If Dudi was No. 50 in the world, they would be discussing him more and writing more about him than Peer. I don't have any desire to talk about women's tennis, because men's tennis is more attractive. It is easy to be successful in the women's, and you can't even compare the two. It is like soccer and women's soccer - there isn't even such a thing as women's soccer. They just invented a sport that didn't even exist.

"To play for an hour and earn the same amount of money that the men earn after we sweat for five hours is a joke and irrational." http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/905570.html

This is near the end of the article.

09-21-2007, 03:12 AM	#20
iH1wMOhE Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 420 Senior Member	And this gem from Mr. Noam Okun: Except for the truly surprising success in the Davis Cup, men's tennis in Israel is in a deep recession. The players bounce around in the second 100 of the singles rankings and there are no young players tapped as future talent. The focus has been stolen by the women, which really upsets Okun. "There is too much noise about women's tennis being made here," he says. "It is clear that we have a top-15 women's player. I am sure that if there were a top-15 men's player, they would not even be discussing Shahar. "If Dudi was No. 50 in the world, they would be discussing him more and writing more about him than Peer. I don't have any desire to talk about women's tennis, because men's tennis is more attractive. It is easy to be successful in the women's, and you can't even compare the two. It is like soccer and women's soccer - there isn't even such a thing as women's soccer. They just invented a sport that didn't even exist. "To play for an hour and earn the same amount of money that the men earn after we sweat for five hours is a joke and irrational." http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/905570.html This is near the end of the article.
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