French Open organisers postponed the tournament to Sept 20-Oct 4 because of coronavirus. FMTNews FrenchOpen COvid19 Coronavirus
SYDNEY: US Open organisers have responded to the shock decision by their counterparts at the French Open to move the tennis tournament to September with a statement obliquely criticising unilateral changes to the Grand Slam calendar.
The United States Tennis Association said currently there were no plans to alter the schedule for the Aug 25-Sept 13 US Open and stressed any potential changes would be made only after consultation with other stakeholders. The Laver Cup exhibition team competition, heavily promoted by Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal, was supposed to take place from Sept 25-27 in Boston but will now clash with the rescheduled French Open.
Canadian Vasek Pospisil, a member of the ATP’s Players Council, slammed the decision of the French tennis federation as “selfish” and “arrogant”.“The tour needs to work together if it is the function properly. Now more than ever.”
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