Gender equality in tennis, 10 years after scandal at Indian Wells: ‘I think we are the leaders’

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — A decade has passed at the BNP Paribas Open since Raymond Moore, on the final Sunday, made the sexist comments that led to his resignation. Moore was chief executive and tournament director when he said in a news conference ahead of the 2016 singles finals: “In my next life, when I come back, I want to be someone in the WTA, because they ride on the coattails of the men. They don’t make any decisions, and they are lucky. They are very, very lucky. “If I was a lady player,

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