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		</div><p>Andy Murray took the row about equal pay in tennis onto Twitter as he traded blows with Ukrainian rival Sergiy Stakhovsky.</p>
<p>Stakhovsky is a long-standing and vocal critic of equal prize money for women. The topic has dominated headlines over the past few days following comments from former Indian Wells tournament director Raymond Moore.</p>
<p>Moore resigned on Tuesday after saying the women&#8217;s game &#8220;rides on the coattails of the men&#8221; and that female players should &#8220;go down every night on (their) knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were born&#8221;.</p>
<p>Moore apologised but the damage was done, and equal prize money dominated the conversation at Tuesday&#8217;s media day at the Miami Open.</p>
<p>Murray is the leading advocate among male players for equality in all its forms and he was predictably forthright on the subject.</p>
<p>The world number two said Moore&#8217;s comments &#8220;made no sense at all&#8221; and also took on Novak Djokovic, who fanned the flames in Indian Wells by saying the ATP should push for more money because men&#8217;s matches are more popular.</p>
<p>Murray responded with a pointed dig at Stakhovsky, the player he beat in the US Open junior final in 2004, saying a lot more people would watch a match at Wimbledon involving Laura Robson than the Ukrainian.</p>
<p>In a lengthy exchange on Twitter, Stakhovsky said to Murray: &#8220;Thanks for mentioning me today. Need some attention. Although your argument fails the moment we leave UK territory.&#8221;</p>
<p>Murray hit back: &#8220;As soon as we leave UK territory more people are watching you than Laura? Really?&#8221;<br />
Stakhovsky, ranked 115, replied: &#8220;The venue in Kiev is ready. All you need to do is convince Laura to come.&#8221;<br />
Murray then brought up a match between the two in Davis Cup in 2006, which he won 6-3 6-2 7-5 to clinch the tie for Britain.<br />
&#8220;I played you in a Davis Cup match in Ukraine and there must have been a thousand people there max!&#8221; said Murray.<br />
Stakhovsky responded by questioning how many empty seats there were, to which Murray said: &#8220;How many empty seats were there Serge? I wasn&#8217;t counting was focused on the getting the W (win).&#8221;</p>
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<p>Serena Williams was also critical of her fellow world number one Djokovic, saying: &#8220;Novak is entitled to his opinion but if he has a daughter &#8211; I think he has a son right now &#8211; he should talk to her and tell her how his son deserves more money because he is a boy.&#8221;</p>
<p>Djokovic sought to repair the damage with a post on Facebook on Tuesday evening, insisting he had been misunderstood.</p>
<p>He wrote: &#8220;Tennis helped me so much in my life and being where I am today, I felt the need to speak about the fairer and better distribution of funds across the board &#8211; this was meant for both men and women. We all have to fight for what we deserve.</p>
<p>&#8220;This was never meant to be made into a fight between genders and differences in pay, but in the way all players are rewarded for their play and effort.</p>
<p>&#8220;Tennis is a sport that I love and that gave me the opportunity to help others who still have a long way to go to achieve their dreams. This was my view all along and I want to apologise to anyone who has taken this the wrong way.&#8221;</p>
<p>Murray will begin his campaign in Miami on Saturday against either Borna Coric or Denis Istomin.</p>
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