Saudi Arabia plans to triple prize money in event of hosting WTA Finals, set for battle with Prague, Monterrey and Ostrava

mschweizer

@mschweizer4

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Saudi won’t stop. They will get a slice of tennis one way or another. That’s just a fact. The job of the ATP and WTA is to manage it in a way that avoids a LIV-like situation

PhineMotorSkills (DeLulu)

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Hope the WTA doesn't keep trying to find short-term bandaid solutions by taking the highest bidder and actually show some leadership and long-term vision (not to mention integrity) so they can negotiate from a place of power moving forward.

madonna

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The fact that the WTA is considering Saudi Arabia as a host, a country where the LGBTQ+ community has NO rights at all while Daria Kasatkina, an openly gay woman, qualified at last year’s WTA Finals makes me sick. And she’s #12 at the race now so what if she qualifies again?

Relevant Tennis

@RelevantTennis

As reported by the Daily Mail, Saudi Arabia plans to triple the prize money for the WTA Finals to $15M and pay a $10M staging fee to host the event in Riyadh this year. 🇸🇦🚨 Prague, Monterrey, and D.C. are in contention as well. Meetings will be held in NY next week to decide…

madonna

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I know money is important in sports but what kind of messages does that send to the openly gay women playing tennis ? And to the closeted ones ? I’m disgusted.

leothe7

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If WTA believes women rights which they are " Women " Tennis Association... they shouldnt even think about that. Women have no rights in Saudi Arabia ... If they say yes, ı think most of the players wont go there... Iga first...

World Sports Watcher

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That is enormous money for the WTA, its infrastructure, offices, staffing - the whole thing could be properly funded instead of having like 2 people run the whole website etc. Yes, there are wrongs with the whole Saudi thing, but it wouldn't half set up the WTA going forward

Lucinda

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Considering the appalling money the ladies are paid, outside the slams, I’d say grab it with two hands, even if you have to hold your nose…

RDA

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And the Saudis would still think it is a beneficial deal for them. That’s how bad they need the most relevant, world-wide organization in professional women’s sports. If @wta is going to cave, I’d ask for $100 million and some other things! The Saudis have that and more…