The WTA Finals, seen because the fifth main in ladies’s tennis, will likely be held in Saudi Arabia for the following three years.
The season-ending event that includes the highest eight gamers on the planet will supply document prize cash of £12m, with additional will increase in 2025 and 2026.
Saudi Arabia has reportedly held an curiosity in internet hosting the WTA’s flagship occasion for a number of months, with legends of the game in Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert amongst those that have criticised the partnership.
In an editorial for the Washington Put up earlier this 12 months, Navratilova stated the prospect of Saudi Arabia staging the WTA Finals could be a “step backward” for ladies and girls’s tennis.
Ladies’s rights are restricted in Saudi Arabia, whereas the state has been accused of human rights violations by teams similar to Amnesty Worldwide.
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