Via Aadi Nair in reuters.com: I would be lying to you if I said I had no reservations. You guys know who I am and the things I speak about. I was pretty much on every player call I could make with WTA, Gauff said. One of the things I said: If we come here, we cant just come here and play our tournament and leave. We have to have a real program, a real plan in place. We spoke with a lot of women here in Saudi, and one of them was Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud [the first female Saudi ambassador to the U.S.]. … One of the questions that I brought up was about LGBTQ issues and womens rights issues and how we can help with that. The world No. 3 said she wanted to see for herself if progress had been made, adding: If I felt uncomfortable or it felt like nothings happening, then maybe, I probably wouldnt come back.
