WTA adds 3 new events in China
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Women’s tennis will be boosted by a new grasscourt tournament in 2015 as part of the Wimbledon build-up while Asia’s footprint will continue to grow, the Women’s Tennis Association said on Thursday.
With a longer grasscourt season already agreed, allowing players a week more to adapt after the lengthy claycourt swing, the WTA has slotted in a new tournament in Nottingham, central England.
“The creation of a three-week gap between Roland Garros and Wimbledon will establish a longer and more significant grasscourt season within the international tennis calendar,” said Philip Brook, chairman of the All England Club and Wimbledon.
In 2014, there will be 54 WTA Premier and International events and six 125K Series events, with the geographic spread to include 23 in Europe, Middle East and Africa, 17 in Asia-Pacific, and 14 in the Americas.
One of the big events already scheduled in Asia will see Singapore hosting the prestigious year-end WTA Championships for a record five years between 2014-2018.
The WTA said it will stage a record six WTA Premier and International tournaments in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong and four WTA 125K Series events in Asia.
A new Premier event in Wuhan, the hometown of the 2011 French Open champion Li Na in Hubei Province, will make its debut in addition to two inaugural International tournaments in China’s Hong Kong and Tianjin.
In comparison, there were only two WTA events in China during the 2012 season.
“The WTA calendars continue to deepen the reach of women’s professional tennis into unprecedented markets to help grow our global fan base far and wide,” said Stacey Allaster, chairman and chief executive of the WTA.
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