Here's an intriguing statistic from Wimbledon.

For winning the men's singles title, Rafael Nadal trousered a cheque for £750,000. Venus Williams, who took the women's singles and doubles titles, went home with £865,000.

Yet because Nadal was obliged to compete across the best of five sets and Williams three, the Spaniard was on court for a total of 1,114 minutes while the American was out there for 1,029. It works out that she earned £840.62 per minute, Rafa £673.25.

I wonder how long it will be before players on the men's circuit demand equal pay with the women.