Coco Gauff of the US holds her trophy after beating China’s Zheng Qinwen in the final of the WTA Finals at the King Saud University Indoor Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Nov 9. — AP
THE sellout crowd was bathed in purple light and the screens ringing the stadium flashed a countdown to a clubby beat.
The latest conquest in Saudi Arabia’s unstoppable advance into the world of sports – football, golf, boxing, car racing, now tennis – was about to begin.
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