The WTA's decision to pull out of China could have implications well beyond the sporting world.
In September, Micky Lawler, the president of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) boasted about the tour’s heavy investment in the Chinese market. Among the highlights: brokering a $1 billion deal in 2018 to move its prestigious annual Finals to Shenzhen, build a 12,000-seater stadium for the competition and double its prize money.
“China represents a big opportunity for the WTA and the choice allowed us to make big steps forwards,” Lawler said in an interview with France's Tenn
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