Challenges remaining: Does the Australian Open really represent the Asia Pacific?

It's pitched as the grand slam of the Asia Pacific, but does the Australian Open really represent the region?

In 2011, China's Li Na became the first Asian tennis player to win a grand slam title: the 2011 French Open. She later took the AO in 2014.— citing concerns over extreme heat and distance from China — but in 2014, she revised her position, saying the AO"felt closest" to the Chinese.

@AustralianOpen tweet: Let's take a moment to admire this floating @RodLaverArena in Shanghai, taking over Columbia Circle’s swimming pool Tennis Australia has opened offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong, tasking staff with plugging the AO into lucrative Chinese and Hong Kong markets through 'pop-up slams' and other AO-related events.

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