Safina warns of strikes against ‘Roadmap’
Dinara Safina has warned that leading players may boycott the WTA Tour next season over changes to the tournament scheduling from 2009.
Dinara Safina, set to rise to a career-high world No.2 ranking this Monday after a semi-final appearance at the Kremlin Cup this week, said players arenāt happy with the WTAās āRoadmap Calendarā.
āNo one understands which tournaments you can play and which you canātā
āIf they donāt listen to what we have to say we might even choose to boycott the new Tour,ā said Dinara Safina after losing to compatriot Vera Zvonareva in Moscow on Saturday.
āNo one seems to understand which tournaments you can play and which you canāt.ā
The WTAās new schedule is meant to produce a āhealthier calendarā with a longer off-season and less changes of surface. The current 26 Tier I and Tier II events will be reduced to 20 Premiere tournaments, with players having to play in at least 10.
Under the new āRoadmapā, the four
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