Former British No 1 Laura Robson has given an insight into how tennis tournaments are organised after she took on the role of tournament director for the WTA 500 event at the Queen\u2019s Club in June.<\/p>\n
A reshuffle of the grass-court events leading up to Wimbledon has seen the creation of a WTA 500 tournament beginning on June 9, the week before the traditional men\u2019s event.<\/p>\n
Naomi Osaka, Madison Keys, Daria Kasatkina, Katie Boulter and Emma Raducanu are among the players who have signed up to play at Queen\u2019s Club, as women\u2019s tennis returns to the historic venue for the first time in For the first time first time since 1973.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s tournament at the Queen\u2019s Club is consistently voted by players as their favourite ATP 500 event each year and now Robson is aiming for that title with WTA players.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe most popular WTA 500 event is Charleston and as long as I can do better than them, I\u2019ll be happy,\u201d said Robson at a Sky Sports Tennis event, referencing the largest female-only professional tennis tournament in North America.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s small little things like gifting every day and practice court availability. That\u2019s how you can keep players happy, so that\u2019s my No 1 goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a new event, so you never know how it\u2019s going to go. I\u2019m very positive about it and I think it\u2019s going to be great for the players involved.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe logistics are very hard because it\u2019s a members club and they are used to having a lot of their own spaces and we have taken over the women\u2019s dressing room for the first time.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a small club and that space on site is what it is. We can\u2019t have any more, so we need to limit the amount of people that are there.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more confident about the courts. We have made sure we have less matches on Centre Court and No 1 Court, so hopefully that will keep them fresh.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe general consensus is everyone is excited to have this new event, so we will see how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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