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By Javier Palenque

A friend on the WTA tour told me that the WTA is almost for sure signing with Saudi Arabia to hold the WTA finals this year. Remember a few facts, the WTA is the women’s side of professional tennis, also another false not-for-profit (like the USTA) that not too long ago decided that it would abandon China, a non-democratic nation, and stand up for a female player that in their minds needed defending and posturing for. Of course, two years later you will come to realize that the move was a way to get out of the contracts with China. Last year the event was held in Dallas, and no one showed up to watch. This product of the WTA ( the finals) seems to be not market friendly as there are no takers. So, under the poor leadership of Mr. Simon, now they are looking once again for a venue where they will want to host the event in exchange for cash. Now if a reasonable person were to pick a nation for that, you would think that the US was a good one, but the low level of interest in tennis tells the WTA that no one cares ( the USTA will tell you that tennis has grown 38%, of course that is false). What about other countries where women thrive, France, Taiwan, I do not know anywhere but Saudi Arabia.