There are a bunch of threads dedicated to tournaments,results and the implications of those results like who would be #1 and will Maria get a wc for this tournament or that. Before that we were speculating about which tournament would Vika and Petra start their comeback with, etc. This one thread barely affects that ratio.
or better: any player who is in the Grand Slam draw (Qualifiers or Main Draw) should not be allowed to enter a tournament the week before a slam.
Slam should be celebrated, like the Olympics.
All participants should be encourage to show up and do some press, and join the parties, etc,etc, etc.
Those who are not in the slam should feel lonely that week. lol lol lol. That should make them fight hard to be in the celebration week for the next slam.
And on top of that, double, or triple the earnings for making the Qualifiers(take $400,000 from both finalists if you can't find new money... They get plenty enough)
The Wimbledon party peaked years ago.
Last year's was an humiliating mess for the WTA.
It could somewhat dignified with edited interviews but they insist on broadcasting live which only their utter incompetence at organizing a decent red carpet's arrival.
omg, stop trying to make Meldonium happen; much like her career, Maria went into oblivion just after her unsuccessful comeback and
now the likes of Ostapenko and Mladenovic get bigger headlines than your beloved pill taker, flop indeed.