Tennis plans to stop six weeks due to coronavirus

Tennis is about to stop for the subsequent six weeks. This afternoon the announcement could come. However Novak Djokovic, President of the ATP Gamers Council, You have got already made your weight posture clear. “I agree with most gamers that this should stop, however I can perceive others who want to proceed. However with the declaration of a worldwide pandemic, the Miami Open can have to be canceled, “he informed Republika earlier than taking a aircraft from Los Angeles to return to Europe. And earlier than Donald Trump suspended flights from Europe to the US for 30 days. Rafa Nadal I used to be already in Spain.

The tennis gamers, who’ve had the chance to focus on the difficulty of coronavirus growth nowadays in Indian Wells, have reportedly requested ATP President Andrea Gaudenzi to stop the competitors. If it's six weeks, it can take the Miami Masters 1,000 (masculine and female) and Montecarlo, Houston, Marrakech, the Godó of Barcelona, ​​Budapest and, relying on when the account began, Estoril and Munich. The Madrid Open could be saved (from Might 2). In WTA, as well as to Miami, Charleston, Bogotá, Stuttgart and Istanbul would fall. The Worldwide Tennis Federation (ITF) had already introduced yesterday the postponement of the Federation Cup finals in Budapest (April 14-19) through which Spain was going to take part. It stays to be seen what steps could be taken by way of rating on the 2 circuits.

The Spanish Tennis Federation has moved forward of the measure and has already introduced the suspension of all tournaments “nationwide and worldwide in all classes” till April 5.