With the WTA Finals' five-year run in Singapore coming to an end—one year before a 10-year run in Shenzhen, China, begins—Jason de la Pena sat down with WTA CEO Steve Simon in Singapore to discuss the event's big move, and other important tour topics. Among them:
**—the game's new stars, including Sloane Stephens and Naomi Osaka (“You can see the excitement she creates, she moves the needle.”)
—the future of on-court coaching (“We’re going to continue to support it…I do think it should be allowed.”)
—possible changes to Fed Cup (“I think they are coming, and they need to come.”)
—the WTA's return to Tennis Channel in 2019 (“We’re going to be looking on doing a lot of special features and programming together.”)**
