Saudi Arabia has reportedly made a bombshell $2 billion USD ($A3bn) offer to unite the men’s and women’s tennis tours, according to The Telegraph.
The offer was reportedly tabled to the nine ATP Masters 1000 tournament bosses on Saturday, and has a 90-day expiration date – pushing the tours to make a decision quickly on whether they will follow the Saudi offer, or accept a rival ‘Premium Tour’ plan led by the four grand slams.
According to the Telegraph, the deal would see Saudi Arabia host a Masters 1000 tournament in the first week of the season – directly rivalling the mixed-gender United Cup team competition that is currently hosted in Australia in the lead-up to the Australian Open.
Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley “strongly opposed” that idea which has been pushed for over a year, the Telegraph claims.
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