If the WTA would lower the prices of the sponsorships,­ perhaps they would find sponsors. Let the players make­ less money too. The whole world has been experiencing­ a financial crisis. Even wealthy people have been­ tightening their belts and watching what they spend. ­ Companies have been laying people off. Employees have­ accepted lower salaries in order to keep their jobs. ­ Freelance workers or privately held small businesses­ have seen a huge drop in their incomes. Why­ shouldn't the players and the entire WTA just be­ like the rest of the world and take a drop in pay? If­ they would consider lowering the prices of the tickets­ to the tournaments, they may find more people are able­ to afford to buy them and, in the long run, they will­ make more money and there will be fewer empty seats at­ the arenas. I say they should just wake up and get­ real along with the rest of the world.

Attendances may be up at premier events, but what are­ the figures like for other events (exclude GS events)?­ All I can remember is lots of empty seats and poor­ quality tennis.

Take a deep breath, you two.

this woman needs to give her head a shake if she thinks­ this year has been good for womens tennis. its been the­ worst year i can remember, just look at the ausie open­ womens final when there where empty seats in the­ stadium to see another boring, one-sided match, and­ then again at the french open, another boring one-sided­ final, then at wimbledon another predictable final. the­ season got interesting when kim clijsters came back and­ injected some much needed life and interest to the­ game. next year has to be better, clijsters back full­ time along with henin.

So Stacey Allaster reckons it has been "a good­ year for women's tennis" does she. Well if she­ took her eye off the the accounts and watched a few of­ the matches she might think differently. The two worst­ number one ranked players in the sport's history­ (Jankovic and Safina) and the worst standerd of play I­ can remember.