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Essay: Why Tennis Needs the Miami Open

Editor’s note: The Miami Open, a joint ATP/WTA tournament that began this week, is subject to a legal battle over possible renovations to the site, which is a public park. The dispute has led to speculation that the event, one of the biggest tennis tournaments in the United States, will move.

People often say, “Home is where the heart is.” As a professional tennis player, I’ve crisscrossed the world more than 20 times over, and along the way found a few places I’ve come to consider home. London, Melbourne, Paris, New York, Madrid and Rome are all cities I hold dear.