The world number one has won the last two US Opens. She arrives at this one having lost from 5-1 up in a tie-break to Sára Bejlek in Cincinnati, and without a final in five months.
Media rights, not gate receipts or merchandise, are what the league sells. Everything about the calendar and the format follows from that.
Paris Saint-Germain more than doubled the world record to sign Neymar in 2017. The lasting effect was on every fee underneath it.
Pro Kabaddi launched in 2014 with a format built for broadcast. A decade on, the audience is enormous and the talent pipeline is still catching up.
Fielding restrictions make the powerplay the only phase where a batter is guaranteed space. Sides have finally started paying for players who can use it.
