WTA can weather revenue hit but no normalcy until 2022: CEO

[ASFN Admin]

The WTA has a strategy in place to cope with the financial strain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic but chief executive Steve Simon thinks the elite women's Tour will not return to any semblance of normality before 2022. The WTA, which has lost a big chunk of tournaments since the forced shutdown in early March, will finally resume after a five-month break with the Palermo Open from Aug. 3. All of its tournaments in China this year were cancelled on Friday after the country's Sports Ministry said it would not host any international events this year apart from 2022 Winter Olympic trials.

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