NEW YORK — Stacey Allaster was acknowledged by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner on Sunday after ending her run as U.S. Open event director.
Allaster, the primary lady to carry that position, introduced late final yr that she would transition from that position and chief govt of professional tennis for the U.S. Tennis Affiliation into an advisory position so she will be able to pursue different pursuits.
Each finalists thanked her within the trophy displays after Alcaraz beat Sinner for the title.
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Allaster joined the USTA in 2016 and have become the U.S. Open event director in 2020. Earlier than that, she was chairman and CEO of the WTA, influential within the progress of girls’s tennis and awarding of equal prize cash for ladies — lengthy since supplied on the U.S. Open — on the French Open and Wimbledon.
She’s going to assist with the seek for a brand new event director.
