By Chris Oddo | @HetFanChild | Wednesday June 26, 2024
Just lately retired former world #1 Garbine Muguruza has taken up a brand new submit.
The 2-time main champion will function event director of the WTA Finals Riyadh, the season-ending event of the Hologic WTA Tour. The 30-year-old Spaniard turns into the primary former participant to officiate the WTA’s crown jewel occasion, which she received in 2021.
“I really feel very privileged to contribute to the way forward for this nice sport as event director of the WTA Finals Riyadh,” Muguruza stated in a press release. “I understand how particular this occasion is for our prime gamers, and I’ve additionally seen its potential to encourage communities world wide. I’m thrilled to be working with an ideal group to current a girls’s tennis showcase that not solely rising the sport, however encouraging all followers, particularly women and girls, to pursue their desires.”
Garbiñe Muguruza has been appointed event director of the WTA Finals in Riyadh.
The ex-world #1/2021 WTA Finals champion turns into the primary participant to take a number one place on the season finale.
Muguruza will play a central function within the progress of girls’s tennis within the Center East pic.twitter.com/XHI0gkqK12
— Reem Abulleil (@ReemAbulleil) June 26, 2024
Muguruza joins an extended listing of former WTA gamers who’ve taken on the function of event director at tournaments.
Amongst them are: Alicia Molik (Adelaide), Anke Huber (Stuttgart), Laura Robson (Nottingham), Barbara Rittner (Berlin) and Valérie Tétreault (Montréal). Former world #1 Amélie Mauresmo holds the highest spot at Roland-Garros, whereas Conchita Martínez heads the ITF’s Billie Jean King Cup group competitors.
The 2024 WTA Finals will happen from November 2 to 9 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.