The future of the Wuhan Open is called into question after big names…

What BBN said about it

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe Hot Seat goes to the Wuhan Open, where world number one Elena Rybakina withdrew after losing early in Beijing, and Yahoo Sports says other big names left too.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the party is still on, but the guests of honor sent regrets?

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe temperature at this event is absolutely scorching.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorWhen the top player skips your event, the question is no longer who wins, it's who shows up at all.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSurface of the sun.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIt cools down when the stars come back, or when the organizers sell the idea that this tournament has a future.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorRight now it's a stadium with a very nice schedule.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFan question. What were the withdrawing players going to wear?

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorVera, it's tennis. White, mostly, and nobody in it is going to Wuhan.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen the empty chairs are the best dressed thing in the building.