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“Do you think that men and women’s tennis championship earnings should be the same?”

With Wimbledon in its’ second week, we have asked nine times Ladies’ Singles champion Martina Navratilova to pose a question on Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers.

Martina’s question – “do you think that men and women’s tennis championship earnings should be the same?” – is a subject that resonates across the world of sport, not just tennis. Now is your chance to have a say by answering her question.

Within Wimbledon the difference in prize money for men and women has narrowed over the years. This year the Gentlemen’s Singles champion stands to win £655,000, whilst the Ladies’ Singles champion would collect £625,000. British tennis player Andy Murray was quite vocal last week in suggesting men deserve to earn more than women due to the extra number of sets they should be. Maybe you agree with his comments?

Maybe you have your own views on the matter? Well, this is your chance to put forward thoughts on the subject by answering Martina’s question. After Wimbledon has ended Martina will be choosing one of your replies as the best answer.

Once you have answered this question, why not help Martina stay in shape by helping her out with her question she has posed for US Answers. There are also a whole host of other tennis questions on Answers, including why are tennis balls fuzzy?’, why don’t umpires use Hawk-eye?’ and ‘where does the tennis scoring system come from?’ Enjoy!

— Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers team