LONDON — Like other sports, ladies’s tennis is looking into the possibility of getting into service with Saudi Arabia. And while holding a competition there is not impending, WTA Chairman and CEO Steve Simon stated Friday that he checkedout that nation with some gamers in February as part of the examination procedure.
“It’s a extremely tough and really challenging subject that’s being, clearly, determined by lotsof, numerous various groups right now,” Simon stated at an occasion in London to mark the 50th anniversary of the conference that led to the starting of the WTA.
He acknowledged there “are still heaps of problems in Saudi Arabia” with regard to females’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights.
“I think where we are right now (is): We’ve had discussions. We’ll continue to have discussions,” Simon stated.
Simon’s remarks came a coupleof days after the St. Petersburg, Florida-based WTA revealed it was setting up a “pathway to equivalent reward cash” so females make the exactsame as guys at specific competitions by 2027 and others by2033 Simon stated Tuesday extra cash would come from incremental increases by the occasions themselves and from income predicted to showup from broadcast, da