Ons Jabeur defends Saudi Arabia as WTA ‘in talks to stage Finals in Riyadh’

With Saudi Arabia promising a event document of £1.58 million ($2 million) in prize cash for the ATP’s Next Gen Finals, it’s anticipated that the nation may also provide loads for the WTA’s occasion. Previously, the WTA signed a 10-year deal to carry the Finals in Shenzhen from 2019.

The deal got here with a profitable £11m ($14m) whole prize cash pot to be shared out over the event – on the time a document for essentially the most money on provide to gamers at a single tour occasion. But the WTA Finals hasn’t been held in China since its inaugural yr in 2019. The Covid pandemic prevented gamers from returning and the WTA then boycotted the nation over the whereabouts of Peng Shuai. 

However, the ladies’s tennis tour will return to China later this yr throughout the common ‘Asian swing’ part of the calendar, with tournaments in Hong Kong, Beijing, Ningbo, Zhuhai, Guangzhou and Zhengzhou.