NEW YORK : It is time for the men's and women's professional tennis bodies to merge says former world number one Kim Clijsters, who wants a united front in the sport as the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) celebrates its 50-year anniversary.The Belgian's remarks echo a sentiment long held by the great Bil
NEW YORK : It is time for the men's and women's professional tennis bodies to merge says former world number one Kim Clijsters, who wants a united front in the sport as the Women's Tennis Association celebrates its 50-year anniversary.
"Would I like to see it ? Yeah I think it would make the brand so much stronger," the four-time Grand Slam champion told Reuters referring to the men's Association of Tennis Professionals body. Clijsters, the honorary president of the International Tennis Hall of Fame , 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."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 go upwards," said the 40-year-old Clijsters.
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