Over the past year and a half, as initiatives by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund forced an acrimonious split in men’s golf, most professional tennis players concluded Saudi involvement in their sport was a question of when, not if.
after a 16-month boycott due to concerns over the safety of the Chinese player Peng Shuai.
But to many players, partnering with Saudi Arabia presents a different question. Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray said playing in Saudi Arabia is “definitely something I would have to think about,” though it would be a trickier calculus should the country begin to host significant tournaments that penalize players who skip out.For 23-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic, the question is about the structure of the investment.
“I think that we as individual sport on a global level are probably closest to golf in terms of how we see sports,” Djokovic said Saturday. “I think from that example we can probably learn a lot, some positives, some negatives, and try to structure a deal if it’s going in that direction in a proper way that is going to protect the integrity and tradition and history of this sport, but still be able to grow it in such way that it will be appropriate.
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