Decision on US Open next week amid player concern
Updated On: 15 June, 2020 12:00 AM IST | | AFP
But with the French Open postponed to a September 20 start, Wimbledon cancelled and the tennis season in shutdown, the US Open-s status has looked increasingly questionable as its August 31 start date looms ever closer
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The fate of the US Open is set to be revealed next week when officials decide whether or not the tournament can go ahead as planned amid mounting unease among top players.
The COVID-19 pandemic, which has decimated the international tennis calendar, now has the Flushing Meadows fortnight in its crosshairs. With New York the hardest-hit city by the US Coronavirus crisis, the United States Tennis Association has been scrambling to come up with a plan that allows the tournament to be staged.
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