Proposals to play this year’s US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows have been approved by New York governor, Andrew Cuomo. That means that the second Major of 2020 will begin as scheduled on 31 August.
The women’s and men’s professional tennis tours have issued what they are calling “provisional” calendars that would resume sanctioned competition in August after being suspended since early March because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The ATP and WTA in April announced the launch of a new weekly show called Tennis United, to feature interviews with ATP and WTA players, as well as other influential figures from throughout the game, on a variety of topics.
USTA president Katrina Adams officially announces the 2020 U.S. Open will indeed go ahead as originally planned, starting Monday August 24th, also discusses her excitement for the USTA’s support on the fight against racism and social injustice.
Simona Halep does not currently plan to play the U.S. Open with the health protocols put in place by the organisers for the Grand Slam due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Romanian women’s world number two told Reuters on Wednesday.
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion said that she “cannot wait to return” to New York for the major championship she has won six times.
Serena Williams is planning to play in the 2020 U.S. Open.
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The Rogers Cup in Toronto has been postponed until August 2021 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Tennis Canada announced Wednesday. Toronto will remain the host for the men’s event when it takes place next year.
