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NEW YORK, NY – MAY 06: Co-Founder and Executive Chair of Reddit, and Partner at Y Combinator, Alexis Ohanian speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015 – Day 3 at The Manhattan Center on May 6, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for TechCrunch)
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NEW YORK, NY – MAY 06: Co-Founder and Executive Chair of Reddit, and Partner at Y Combinator, Alexis Ohanian speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015 – Day 3 at The Manhattan Center on May 6, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for TechCrunch)
Alexis Ohanian and Serena Williams are ardent proponents of women’s sports. They both have, in their own respective capabilities, promoted the popularity of women’s sports. Recently, Alexis Ohanian gave an astounding reply to a fan arguing about the popularity of men’s and women’s sport on his Twitter account.
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Serena Williams’ husband shared the stats of the Emma Raducanu vs Leyla Fernandez final at the US Open 2021 and how it had more audience than the men’s finals.
Alexis Ohanian banishes claims of women’s sport’s unpopularity with tennis stats
Alexis Ohanian took to Twitter, debarring the claims of a fan that women’s sport is not as popular as men’s. The comment had asked him for an instance where more people see women’s matches than men’s. Alexis Ohanian did not look far away from the family.
Congratulations, this might have been the dumbest possible take. Let me introduce you to a sport called tennis. Facts don't care about your feelings. pic.twitter.com/I1hMTbhcHh
— AlexisOhanian7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ (@alexisohanian) July 24, 2022
He took his wife’s sport, tennis, and shared the stats of the US Open 2021. He stated, “Congratulations, this might have been the d**best possible take. Let me introduce you to a sport called tennis. Facts don’t care about your feelings.”
Along with that, he also shared the stats where the women’s singles finals between Emma Raducanu and Leyla Fernandez in the US Open 2021, had a viewership of 2.44 million people.
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Sep 11, 2021; Flushing, NY, USA; (L-R) Leylah Fernandez of Canada and Emma Raducanu of Great Britain celebrate with the finalist and championship trophy (respectively) after their match in the women’s singles final on day thirteen of the 2021 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
On the other hand, only 2.05 million people watched the finals of the US Open men’s final between Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic. It was the most watched women’s game that did not have Serena Williams playing in it.
Serena Williams’ preparations for the hard-court season
Serena Williams is geared for the hard-court season. She will participate in the National Bank Open in Toronto. Following that, she will play in the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati.
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Tennis – Yarra Valley Classic – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, Serena Williams of the U.S. in action during her quarter final match against Danielle Rose Collins of the U.S. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
This will gear her up for the US Open later next month. Unfortunately, due to her injury and subsequent year-long hiatus from the tour, the former world no1 has become an unranked player on the WTA ranking chart.
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However, that hasn’t deterred the 23-time grand slam champion from training hard to make a strong comeback in the hard-court season.
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