The ATP will make a decision at the end of July on the American tour, which is scheduled to start in Washington on August 14. The governing body of men's tennis communicated to the players in a telematic meeting the formalization of this new term, which comes due to the worsening of the pandemic of COVID-19 in the United States. It is in doubt when, where and how the scheduled tournaments will be held (Washington plus Cincinnati and the US Open in New York), if they keep going. ATP President Andrea Gaudenzi confirmed the news in a Sky interview for the show. Studio Sport 24: “We will know something of this extremely complex situation in the next two weeks. The final decision rests with the USTA.” “We depend on national governments and the evolution of the disease,” said the director about the rest of the calendar.
In principle, the US Open is the least dangerous event, because it would be played without an audience and, in addition, the situation in New York State is better than other areas of the country. The tennis players had doubts about the tour in view of the bad news that arrives every day from America, where the coronavirus situation continues to worsen. So the ATP called them for a meeting via Zoom that took place this Monday.
The WTA also established the last week of July as a deadline to decide how the women's circuit will finally be., whose restart will take place, in principle, on August 3 in Palermo. In the organization's calendar, Washington no longer appears due to differences between the organizers (USTA) and the tournament owners (Octagon) due to the amount of the prizes, and an event was incorporated in Lexington from August 10 as an alternative.