PARIS: In a move designed to attract the top players to next year’s Olympic women’s tennis tournament, results will count toward the WTA world rankings system, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced yesterday.
There had been fears that a gruelling week-long competition under a hot Athens August sun would not be to the liking of some of the game’s stars who will be gearing up for the US Open in New York which starts on August 25.
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