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WTA to move ’22 season finale from China to TX
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The ladies’s skilled tennis tour will maintain its season-ending 2022 WTA Finals in Fort Value, Texas, shifting the occasion out of China for the second 12 months in a row.
The Florida-based WTA introduced on Tuesday that Dickies Area would be the website for the event for the highest eight singles gamers and high eight doubles groups within the rankings from Oct. 31 to Nov. 7.
The 2021 WTA Finals initially had been alleged to be held in Shenzhen, China, however had been moved to Guadalajara, Mexico, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Then, late final 12 months, the tour mentioned that it could not have any tournaments in China in 2022 — and probably past — due to issues concerning the security of Peng Shuai, a Grand Slam doubles champion who accused a former authorities official in that nation of sexual assault.
As a part of Tuesday’s announcement, the WTA known as the Fort Value plans a part of a “one-year settlement” and mentioned the year-ending occasion is “thereafter attributable to return to Shenzhen.”