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Reilly Opelka continues his war of words with tennis fans after being criticized for his dig at ATP over player compensation

Reilly Opelka in action at the 2022 Australian Open. 's criticism of the ATP for to players has kicked off a war of words between him and tennis fans who felt Opelka's comments were out of line. The towering American player started the debate a couple of days ago by showing his displeasure at the fact that his fellow Americans and were playing for lesser prize money in the Japan Open final last week as compared to the finalists of the same tournament back in 2018. Many fans were not in agreement with Opelka. They highlighted that while the winner's prize money was lesser in the 2022 edition, the overall prize money pool had indeed gone up by a decent margin as opposed to the 2018 edition. The back-and-forth between Reilly Opelka and fans is still ongoing and the American player hit back at some of the criticism he received. He sarcastically replied to a fan who urged him to "do his research" before commenting. Im a dropout! ? Again please do your research before you spout nonsense. I know you only have a high school education but still Again please do your research before you spout nonsense. I know you only have a high school education but stillIm a dropout! ? Working on optics Added the mask! ??? Added the mask! ???Working on optics Going on strike for the rest of the season bc of you Ed maybe take a stand and go on strike instead of just tweeting about it maybe take a stand and go on strike instead of just tweeting about itGoing on strike for the rest of the season bc of you Ed Earlier, Opelka replied to another comment and said that he brought up the issue because he felt it needed to be spoken about. He went on to add that he did not join social media to please people and earn more fans. "I'm just keeping it real, someones gotta do it otherwise players will continue to be taken advantage of. I didnt join twitter to make fans. If I did I would just tweet about wearing masks and being vaxxed and have all the tennis twitter love in the world," Opelka wrote. Im just keeping it real, someones gotta do it otherwise players will continue to be taken advantage of. I didnt join twitter to make fans. If I did I would just tweet about wearing masks and being vaxxed and have all the tennis twitter love in the world. Im just keeping it real, someones gotta do it otherwise players will continue to be taken advantage of. I didnt join twitter to make fans. If I did I would just tweet about wearing masks and being vaxxed and have all the tennis twitter love in the world.

Totality of prize money at every level is fundamentally suppressed - Reilly Opelka

Day One: The Championships - Wimbledon 2022 In his series of tweets earlier this week, Reilly Opelka suggested that he never had a problem with the distribution of prize money, but feels that the overall prize money pool at most tournaments is significantly suppressed. He highlighted that revenues have gone up considerably over the years owing to sponsorship, broadcast, and the likes, but players are not being compensated enough in proportion to the increased revenues. "My argument has never been about the distribution of prize money. Its about the totality of prize money at every level and how it is fundamentally suppressed insuring the sports suits benefit disproportionally from our talent," Reilly Opelka . "The systematic suppression of player compensation is real. U can say whatever you want about the past 4 year period but sponsorship, data, broadcast, gambling revenues have all gone up, plus sky rocketing sanction values. And it is beyond disproportionate to player compensation," he expressed in another post. The systematic suppression of player compensation is real. U can say whatever you want about the past 4 year period but sponsorship, data, broadcast, gambling revenues have all gone up, plus sky rocketing sanction values. And it is beyond disproportionate to player compensation.The systematic suppression of player compensation is real. U can say whatever you want about the past 4 year period but sponsorship, data, broadcast, gambling revenues have all gone up, plus sky rocketing sanction values. And it is beyond disproportionate to player compensation. Reilly Opelka last played on tour at the Citi Open back in early August. He missed the rest of the American hardcourt swing, including the US Open, due to an injury. He won the Dallas Open and Houston Open titles earlier this season. Poll : Who will win the 2022 ATP finals? Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic Daniil Medvedev Stefanos Tsitsipas 1371 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Thank You! Show More Comments No thanks Delete Cancel Update Reply ❮ ❯ No thanks Delete Cancel Update Reply ❮ ❯ Be the first one to comment on this story More from Sportskeeda Fetching more content... 1 Logout No Results Found