It looks like the WTA Finals are going very nicely in Guadalajara, with the local fans embracing the tournament. Also the fast surface helps. Given that the serve is far less dominant in women's tennis compared to men's, I've always thought that women's tennis has been far better to watch on faster surfaces than slower ones.
I've never understood the criticism that modern day women's tennis receives for being a 'random mess', when there is far greater depth than ever before.
In the 80s and 90s, there was basically zero depth in women's tennis outside the WTA top 10 or top 20 at best. The early round women's matches at grand slams were basically a complete joke, and the tournaments only really got underway from the quarter-final stage (or sometimes even the semi-final stage). Even in the early 00s which was a golden era for women's tennis, the WTA top 10 was stacked but there still wasn't a great deal of depth outside the top 20. These days the standard of players ranked from 21 downwards is vastly superior to all previous eras.
In men's tennis on the other hand, there has always been strong depth in the top 100 (at least) through the open era, with the likes of Laver, Borg and Connors facing plenty of tough matches in the early rounds of grand slams. I'd actually argue that there was stronger depth in the ATP top 100, 20 or even 30 years ago than there is now.