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I think LA was a great, cool, attractive place. The WTA would've been fine to leave it there, but Madrid is a great idea too.
The probelm was no one was attending the event... I saw a picture of Mauresmo there once... there were about 20 rows in the picture, and there was one spectator. _________________ "Satan is behind Illegal Immigration."- Don Larson, Utah County Republican Tennis Wallpapers, presented by leftys_rock and myself
I think LA was a great, cool, attractive place. The WTA would've been fine to leave it there, but Madrid is a great idea too.
The Staples Center was really nice and all, but there was a lot of trouble selling tickets. Not much tennis interest in the US after all. People would much rather watch the Lakers in there. And plus, that would make 7 tournaments(mens and womens) in California alone! (Great for me, but not the best for tennis in general ) _________________ www.freewebs.com/tenniswallpapers by myself and x.doublea
GS winners of 06! Mauresmo(AO, Wimbledon), Henin-Hardenne(FO), Sharapova(USO), Federer(AO, Wimbledon, USO), and Nadal(FO)
I think LA was a great, cool, attractive place. The WTA would've been fine to leave it there, but Madrid is a great idea too.
The Staples Center was really nice and all, but there was a lot of trouble selling tickets. Not much tennis interest in the US after all. People would much rather watch the Lakers in there. And plus, that would make 7 tournaments(mens and womens) in California alone! (Great for me, but not the best for tennis in general )
Yeah California have way too many tournaments lol....3 mens and 4 womens, and that's without the WTA Championships! I understand though since it is a very good place for tennis. But the WTA Championships were not good at all in LA.
I think LA was a great, cool, attractive place. The WTA would've been fine to leave it there, but Madrid is a great idea too.
The Staples Center was really nice and all, but there was a lot of trouble selling tickets. Not much tennis interest in the US after all. People would much rather watch the Lakers in there. And plus, that would make 7 tournaments(mens and womens) in California alone! (Great for me, but not the best for tennis in general )
Yeah California have way too many tournaments lol....3 mens and 4 womens, and that's without the WTA Championships! I understand though since it is a very good place for tennis. But the WTA Championships were not good at all in LA.
The weather is phenomenal here in Cali. Carlsbad and Indian Wells are very scenic as well. However, being so scenic and all, it doesn't help if nobody is there to watch!
And about the advertising, getting tickets is very complicated. You have to go through this line which has all the other sports in LA to get the tickets to tennis. And even if the Championships were advertised, everybody would be watching other sports instead. _________________ www.freewebs.com/tenniswallpapers by myself and x.doublea
GS winners of 06! Mauresmo(AO, Wimbledon), Henin-Hardenne(FO), Sharapova(USO), Federer(AO, Wimbledon, USO), and Nadal(FO)
In 2002, enough people turned up didn't they. Since then, the numbers have declined. When it was in Munich, that was pretty much a disaster aswell for some reason. I say put it back in Madison Square Garden in New York, where it was in 1977, and every year between 1979 and 2000. It was extremely successful and usually packed solid. It was the perfect place to end the season.
In 2002, enough people turned up didn't they. Since then, the numbers have declined. When it was in Munich, that was pretty much a disaster aswell for some reason. I say put it back in Madison Square Garden in New York, where it was in 1977, and every year between 1979 and 2000. It was extremely successful and usually packed solid. It was the perfect place to end the season.
I think it would have a US Open feel to it, which is quite nice. The crowd is into it, NY tennis fans buy lots of tickets, etc. _________________ www.freewebs.com/tenniswallpapers by myself and x.doublea
GS winners of 06! Mauresmo(AO, Wimbledon), Henin-Hardenne(FO), Sharapova(USO), Federer(AO, Wimbledon, USO), and Nadal(FO)
I'd love to see the Masters return to MSG when that event actually meant something. Big mistake that they took this event and made it into a travelling circus over the years. On the other hand, the Masters probably deserves to be played somewhere in Europe since the Europeans are dominating tennis right now. Whatever they do, I think they need to pick a site and stay with it for 5 plus yrs. and not just sell it out to the highest bidder every 2-3 yrs. Cheapens the event which used to be the 5th biggest tourney of the season.
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(Great for me, but not the best for tennis in general 
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Carlsbad and Indian Wells are very scenic as well. However, being so scenic and all, it doesn't help if nobody is there to watch!