The Australian Open's rocky road to equal pay

A story told #FromtheArchives.

About a week and a half ago, I woke up at an ungodly hour in the morning to watch Aryna Sabalenka defeat Qinwen Zheng 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the Australian Open and win her second major title. Along with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, Sabalenka took home a check of $2.13 million, which is exactly the same amount of money that Jannik Sinner earned wh…