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Reigning Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova is seemingly in support of Martina Navratilova's suggestion that WTA CEO Steve Simon should probably step down from his role. Since the start of the WTA Finals in Cancun, the focus has been far away from only on tennis.
Firstly, the stadium construction was finished just before the start of the tournament and the participants were able to practice on the court just a day before the WTA Finals. Then, the players started heavily complaining about the quality of the court in Cancun.
Also, the participants weren't thrilled with the tricky and challenging weather in Cancun, which suspended action several times. In her last WTA Finals match against Coco Gauff, Vondrousova left and returned to the court a few times due to rain delays.
Vondrousova shares the post about Navratilova's comments on WTA CEO Simon
“Maybe it’s time for new leadership. But for me personally, this being a woman’s association and being involved for such a long time from the beginning, and we’ve only had three women at the head of it.
I think it’s time. Hopefully, when we get a new leader, it’s a woman. There’s plenty of them that are qualified for the job. It’s gonna be hard for Steve to stay in the job. Everything is pointing the other way.
It shouldn’t have come that late in the year, making this decision. There was a sequence of bad decisions. Ultimately, Steve Simon has been the boss for nine years and here we are… to come to Cancun in the rainy season? You cannot be hoping it’s not gonna rain at a premier event for the WTA Tour.
It was just a whole bunch of decisions. You have to own the bad decisions you made and make some choices after that," Navratilova said. The quotes were posted by The Tennis Letter and Vondrousova screenshotted the post and posted it on her Instagram Story.
Oh, Maky really wants a change of leadership pic.twitter.com/if5XQn8yjU — Ewa (@Strzewa91) November 4, 2023