Monaco thinks that WTA's planning for the Finals is simply disastrous

Top Italian journalist Guido Monaco has lashed out at the WTA for its handling of the Finals event. The last mega-event is set to begin in less than a weeks’ time where top-eight players in the world will participate to secure the ultimate prize.

For the first-time ever, the competition will be organised in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The decision to allow the competition to be held in the oil-rich Middle Eastern country has received criticism from different quarters of the tennis community. Another name who can be added to that list is of Eurosport journalist Monaco who criticised WTA’s decision making regarding one of the biggest event in women’s tennis calendar.

Monaco was of the opinion that WTA’s planning regarding the event has been disastrous where no one is aware about just, even just weeks before the start of the actual event. He was of the opinion that WTA as an organisation has failed to realise that they cannot sell a player like Serena Williams to the audience who managed to keep the competition alive for the fans for good part of two decades.

"The WTA Finals in recent years have been a minor event, which no one knew where it was until a few months before,” he said. “They had a crazy prize money in Shenzhen, but after Covid in Mexico, in the USA… given that the Finals have a meager program, why not put the two events together? An event like that in recent years has been disastrous. It would take more effort on the part of the WTA to do better. A Serena Williams can't always come along and attract that much attention. I've always heard the talk about them playing badly. My veins close, it's tennis, it's high level, make an effort, it's worth it. In addition to communication, rivalry was lacking. The women's level has stabilized incredibly in recent years."