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Although the 2023 edition of the WTA Finals held in Cancun are now history, there are still traces of controversy due to the poor organization, as Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova pointed out in recent days. The Czech tennis player played with her team in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, which were held in Seville, losing in the semifinals against Canada.
Markata was keen to once again underline the terrible playing conditions that occurred in Mexico, comparing the situation experienced in Cancun with that faced in Seville. On the eve of the tournament she shared these words, which I now propose again: “Coming to Seville from Cancun seems like something different.
Here we have excellent slopes, there is no wind, there is no rain. I feel better here! I imagine it is much better to arrive here from Cancun than to do the opposite, traveling from here to there. We girls talk a lot about this topic, even before we go out to play.
We were in contact every day. I think in the end we were all very disappointed: that wasn’t tennis. We suffered a lot in every match. Furthermore, I believe that the tennis shown was not good, neither for the spectators nor for us.
When we arrived and…
