Chris Evert reveals one of her wishes for the WTA in 2024
Chris Evert has advocated for better preparation and arrangements by the Women's Tennis Association for next year's WTA Finals.
The 2023 WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico, was marred by controversy and criticism. The late announcement of the venue for the year-end championships was slammed by many in the tennis world. Moreover, the tournament was organized at the Paradius Cancun, and the stadium had to be built from scratch.
Delays in construction meant that players had to wait until a day before the main draw action to get their first practice sessions on the court. This was not well-received by many of the participants, with the likes of Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina and Marketa Vondrousova voicing their discontent.
Extremely windy conditions, rain delays, tough scheduling and the uneven surface of the court only made things worse.
Iga Swiatek eventually emerged victorious in the singles category. Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva took home the doubles title.
WTA legend Chris Evert recently alluded to the issues at the 2023 WTA Finals in a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). Evert professed one of her wishes for next year, saying that she hoped the 2024 WTA Finals would be well-planned, with a great venue.
Chris Evert also called for the talent and time of the world's top tennis stars to be respected. She believes that is the bare minimum the WTA should do for the "most successful women's sport."
"One of my 2024 wishes is that the @WTAFinals gets a great venue that champions, respects and supports women…because the most successful woman’s sport in the world deserves that…," she wrote.
"Novak Djokovic IS the GOAT" - Chris Evert
Chris Evert recently hailed Novak Djokovic as the greatest tennis player of all time. The 68-year-old agreed with the prediction of Novak's father Srdjan Djokovic that his son will hit 500 weeks as the World No. 1 player.
Novak Djokovic recently touched the milestone of 400 weeks as the World No. 1 player, on the way to winning his seventh ATP Finals title. He defeated Jannik Sinner in the final in Turin to surpass Roger Federer's tally of six ATP Finals titles.
Srdjan Djokovic was subsequently quoted as saying that the 36-year-old has been the best player in the world for the last 15 years. Srdjan claimed that having already bettered Federer and Steffi Graf's records of most weeks as World No. 1, Novak would achieve 500 weeks as the World No. 1 and secure his status as the GOAT of tennis.
Evert agreed with Srdjan Djokovic's assessment and wrote on X:
“He IS the GOAT…”