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Amazon seeks UK tennis dominance with WTA rights play

ROME, ITALY - MAY 19: Johanna Konta of Great Britain serves against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in the women's final during day eight of the International BNL d'Italia at Foro Italico on May 19, 2019 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

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