克裏斯特爾斯

2023年6月27日

路透社圖片是時候讓男性和女性的職業網球的身體合並前世界排名第一的克裏斯特爾斯說艾米Tennery,路透社新聞照片是時候讓男性和女性的職業網球的身體合並前世界排名第一的克裏斯特爾斯說,誰想要統一戰線在運動女子網球協會(WTA)慶祝50周年。比利時的言論呼應了偉大的感情,長期以來Billie Jean King,開創了電路半個世紀前,將手在溫布爾登網球公開賽本周慶祝WTA的幾十年的促進婦女權益運動。“我希望看到它(ATP和WTA合並)?是的,我認為它會使品牌更強,”這位四屆大滿貫冠軍告訴路透指男子職業網球協會的身體。“很多時候外界人自動假設它是一個組織。你知道我的意思嗎?像不太了解網球的人,他們說,“哦,是的,ATP和WTA”,但其背後有一個單元。“但是,你知道,差得遠呢。”Clijsters, the honorary president of the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF), said the impact of the WTA cannot be overstated, and counts meeting King and German great Steffi Graf among the biggest and most pivotal moments of her career. The ITHF unveiled a video segment celebrating 50 years of the WTA this year called "TennisWorthy." "There's so many people behind the scenes who are all kind of facing in the same direction and who want to see this trend of, you know, making (women's tennis) go upwards," said the 40-year-old Clijsters. "As long as we all kind of have that mindset and it's not just one person who can make the difference, it's everybody together as a strong unit, group, I think that's the only way that we can go to get it to a place where combined events are putting the same amount of players - women as men - on center courts or late night matches." King will return to the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, where the WTA was formed at a meeting of players, on Friday ahead of the start of the Wimbledon main draw next week. But she has long felt that the two sides - ATP and WTA -would be stronger together, an argument King reiterated after retired great Roger Federer resurfaced the idea three years ago. "There's pros and cons to everything, right?" said Clijsters. "There have been many, many, many conversations about doing that. And you kind of always bump into a wall where, you know, not much happens and it stays with conversations. And of course, I would like to see, you know, there being one organisation." (Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by Ken Ferris) Disclaimer: The content of this article is syndicated or provided to this website from an external third party provider. We are not responsible for, and do not control, such external websites, entities, applications or media publishers. The body of the text is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and has not been edited in any way. Neither we nor our affiliates guarantee the accuracy of or endorse the views or opinions expressed in this article. Read our full disclaimer policy here . DISCOVER MORE