{"id":295575,"date":"2023-11-05T19:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=295575"},"modified":"2023-11-05T19:09:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T19:09:00","slug":"martina-navratilova-wants-wta-chief-axed-and-replaced-by-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/tennis\/martina-navratilova-wants-wta-chief-axed-and-replaced-by-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Martina Navratilova wants WTA chief axed and replaced by woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Martina Navratilova believes it could be time for new leadership at the WTA following the tour\u2019s disastrous season-ending championships, which has been marred with complaints from players about the organisation of the event in Cancun, Mexico. The final has been delayed by 24 hours because of repeated weather interruptions and will now be played on Monday.<\/p>\n

As a result, pressure has been piled on WTA chief Steve Simon. He has come under fire on multiple occasions during his eight-year tenure for questionable decisions. Navratilova, a 59-times grand slam champion across singles and doubles, has called for change.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe it\u2019s time for new leadership,\u201d the 67-year-old said. \u201cFor me personally, this being a woman\u2019s association and being involved for such a long time from the beginning, we\u2019ve only had two women at the head of it. I think it\u2019s time, hopefully when we get a new leader, that it\u2019s a woman.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s plenty of them that are qualified for the job. It\u2019s going to be hard for Steve to stay in the job somehow because everything is pointing the other way right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Simon told the players in a letter last week that the WTA accepted responsibility for the \u201cchallenging conditions\u201d in Cancun but Navratilova has pointed toward a series of bad decisions in the build-up. \u201cIt shouldn\u2019t have come that late in the year, making this decision,\u201d Navratilova said. \u201cThere was a sequence of bad decisions. Ultimately, Steve Simon has been the boss for eight years and here we are.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe players adjusted [to the conditions], they had to. But to come to Cancun in the rainy season? You cannot be hoping it\u2019s not going to rain at the 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

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