American tennis great Billie Jean King called this week for a combined women and men's World Cup of tennis and for players to wear shirt numbers, to keep growing the sport.
American tennis great Billie Jean King called this week for a combined women and men’s World Cup of tennis and for players to wear shirt numbers, to keep growing the sport.
“I want us together, I always want the men and women together. I always want us to be together at tournaments,” King told a media call ahead of the BJK Cup finals.King said the influence of football means it is more essential than ever for tennis to have its own recognisable World Cup. “ down to the World Cup in Australia and watched the women there, they had 75,000 people … it’s very exciting, the possibilities are unlimited.”
Swiatek, Gauff and Pegula will be at the WTA Finals in Mexico the week before, with the women’s tennis organising body selecting the venue in September, despite knowing the BJK Cup would be in Seville.“ our sport, I think we all need to get together and figure out a better calendar for the players.
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