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All the participants said it was run as a great tournament. Garbie was super pleased with it (of course, she won, so partiality can be explained).

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 10:56 pm All the participants said it was run as a great tournament. Garbie was super pleased with it (of course, she won, so partiality can be explained).

Yes, and the crowd was great. I wonder where they will hold the finals. Seems like it would be near there, maybe back in California? Is it warm enough?

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 10:56 pm All the participants said it was run as a great tournament. Garbie was super pleased with it (of course, she won, so partiality can be explained).

She was thrilled with it before she won. And was just genuinely excited about a tournament of importance being hosted in Latin America. And got more excited about it the more time she spent there because it was so well run and the city was very welcoming to the players too.

The people calling into question having a tournament there (Barty's coach being the loudest) looked very, very silly once the tournament began and it was great.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 11:06 pm he crowd was great. I wonder where they will hold the finals. Seems like it would be near there, maybe back in California? Is it warm enough?

Yes, it's warm enough in many parts of California if they are looking to hold it outdoors. But there aren't many signs or rumors about where this year's WTA Finals might be held (other than not in China).

Earlier this year, there was a rumor that the WTA finals will be held in Europe; therefore, the WTA 1000 to Guadalajara

ATP, WTA suspend 2022 Kremlin Cup following Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Mar 2, 2022
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The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) have suspended the 2022 Kremlin Cup following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it was announced on Tuesday.

The Kremlin Cup was Russia's first international pro tennis tournament when it was founded in 1990, with this year's event set to take place in Moscow in October.

"A deep sense of distress, shock and sadness has been felt across the entire tennis community following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the past week," a joint statement said.

"The international governing bodies of tennis stand united in our condemnation of Russia's actions,"

"The WTA and ATP Boards have made the decision to suspend the WTA / ATP combined event, scheduled this October in Moscow."

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) also announced the immediate suspension of the Russian Tennis Federation and Belarus Tennis Federation from its membership and from participation in international team competitions until further notice.

However, Russian and Belarusian tennis players will still be allowed to compete in international Tour events and the Grand Slams, but without national flags.

"The ITF Board has made the decision to suspend the Russian Tennis Federation and Belarus Tennis Federation membership and to withdraw their entries from all ITF international team competition until further notice," the statement added.

"This action follows the cancellation of all ITF tournaments in Russia and Belarus indefinitely. "

"At this time, players from Russia and Belarus will continue to be allowed to compete in international tennis events on Tour and at the Grand Slams. However, they will not compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus until further notice."

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Which I am sure the ATP would have had questions about suspending it were it not for the WTA showing spine.
After all, they are playing China despite of the Peng Shuai event.

I wonder if Djokovic and others will play in the London Invitational (formerly known as Wimbledon)?!!

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 4:13 pm

This is great, long overdue. Guess they didn't want a repeat of the embarrassment from last year.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:28 pm

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 4:13 pm

This is great, long overdue. Guess they didn't want a repeat of the embarrassment from last year.

What happened last year?

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:36 pm
What happened last year?

This photo got shared intending to show the Australian history of Evonne and Ash winning 50 years apart. But it resulted instead in "are they seriously using women's married names to refer to them and is that why I can't find Chris Evert's name on this list?" At one point it was talked about more than the title, if memory serves there was a point where both Chris Evert and Mrs. JM Lloyd were trending on Twitter and that's really what got picked up and aggregated to a wider audience. Wimbledon's antiquated rules were on full display in all the wrong ways.

ti-amie wrote:

He just wants to say he beat all 3 of them.


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meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 11:40 pm ...
He just wants to say he beat all 3 of them.


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