WTA Faces Backlash After Spanish Pro Is Stopped From Paying Tribute to Accident Victims

A strip of black fabric on a sleeve was all Kaitlin Quevedo wanted. The WTA denied the 20-year-old Spaniard, who was competing in the Guangzhou quarterfinal, and that decision has turned into the governing body’s worst week of publicity in months. Quevedo asked to wear a crespon negro, the black mourning band common at Spanish funerals and sporting events, in her last-eight match against Jil Teichmann on Friday. She wanted it for the victims of the high-speed rail disaster at Urda, in the province of Toledo, on October 28, which resulted in the deaths of 69 people and left more…