PARIS (Reuters) – The organisers of the French Open on Tuesday held off the claycourt Grand Slam competition until Sept 20- Oct 4 from its May start in the middle of the coronavirus outbreak, with the new dates colliding with numerous occasions on the scheduled global calendar.
SUBMIT PHOTO: A basic view reveals the remodelled Philippe Chatrier main court at Roland Garros in Paris, France, May 10,2019 REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
The French Open, the very first significant tournament to be struck by the spread of the coronavirus, had actually been at first set up to be played from May 24- June 7 at Roland Garros, but instead will now start simply a week after the final of the U.S. Open.
” While no one today can predict what the health circumstance will be like on May 18 (when certifications were due to begin), the lockdown measures in force make it difficult to prepare for it and therefore to organise it on the dates initially prepared,” the French tennis federation (FFT) stated in a declaration.
The guys’s ATP Trip had previously announced a six-week suspension due to the pandemic that has ground international sport to a halt while the WTA, which runs the