The WTA Tour Finals in Saudi Arabia was never going to be an under-the-radar affair.
Judy Murray, a top coach and the mother of Andy, the two-time Wimbledon champion, has been conducting clinics. There will be events focused on women’s health issues. A 5,000-seat stadium-within-a-stadium venue has been constructed at King Saud University.
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And Spain’s Garbine Muguruza, a two-time Grand Slam champion, former world No. 1 and boldface name in tennis, is tournament director.
“She’s played the event, she’s won the event,” said Steve Simon, the chief executive of the WTA Tour. “She has a unique perspective.”
As the women’s tennis tour arrives in a kingdom with a history of suppressing women’s rights,
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