Serena, Kings, Djokovic, Azarenka Reacts To Moore Comment on tennis women riding on the ' coattail' of men

Sixty-nine year-old former touring pro from South Africa, Raymond Moore has apologised to women tennis players over his remark on why they should be grateful to their male counterparts for making the game easy for them.

Highly rated Serena Williams was against such statement, saying, "Those remarks are very much mistaken and very, very, very inaccurate."

Here is the statement Moore made, that got top tennis players upset.

"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," he said. "If I was a lady player, I'd go down every night onmy knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born, because they have carried this sport."

Serena added: "Obviously I don't think any woman should be down on their knees thanking anybody like that. It is a disservice to Billie Jean King, one of the co-founders of the WTA Tour, female athletes and "every woman on this planet that has ever tried to stand up for what they believed in and being proud to be a woman."

King later tweeted: "Disappointed in (hashtag) Raymond Moore comments. He is wrong on so many levels. Every player, especially the top players, contribute to our success."

Novak Djokovic said: "We have to be fair to say that it's not politically correct."Djokovic was coached by a woman early in his career, and he noted that women pros often delay or sacrifice having families to play professionally, something men don't face.

"I have tremendous respect for what women in global sport are doing and achieving," he said. "I'm completely for women power."

Azarenka: "What women do best is rise above those comments. You don't hear complaints or bad comments towards men," she said. "If we rise above that and keep working hard in everything we do, we're better. We're better at taking opportunities and being graceful. It's our duty to keep just working hard through whatever comments there is. We've got to rise above that.

Moore, however apologized in a written statement."I made comments about the WTA that were in extremely poor taste and erroneous," he said. "I am truly sorry for those remarks, and apologize to all the players and WTA as a whole. We had a women's final today that reflects the strength of the players, especially Serena and Victoria, and the entire WTA. Again, I am truly sorry for my remarks."