The Asian swing is up and underway, and the roar of the crowd is deafening; the tension on the court is palpable, yet off it, a different battle is quietly intensifying. Coco Gauff, the two-time Grand Slam champion, has always let her racket do the talking. But this week, she chose a different kind of serve—a bold stand alongside her peer Carlos Alcaraz in a debate that has shaken the tennis world: pay parity.

Earlier this year, tennis stars including Alcaraz, Swiatek, Gauff, and several other players “co-signed and sent a letter to the four Grand Slam tournaments, demanding a substantial increase in their prize money.” The letter called for a greater distribution of profits generated by the four pillars of the Tour to benefit the main stakeholders: the players, without whom the show wo

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