The coronavirus outbreak that affects the province of Lleida has forced the first tournament of the MAPFRE tennis league to be suspended, which was to take place from next Friday to Sunday at the Club Tennis Lleida.
The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation, Tour organizer for the Spanish top-100 in the absence of international tournaments, You have chosen to cancel the appointment. The regrowth in the Segrià region has forced the Generalitat to decree the perimeter confinement of an area that encompasses 38 municipalities, including the capital. Tennis players and support personnel could not access the area.
The RFET, quickly, has passed the test in Barcelona. It will be at the facilities of the Catalan Federation in Vall d'Hebron, where tennis took place at the 1992 Barcelona Games. What remains to be seen is whether public attendance will be allowed, as planned in Lleida, where an access arch was to be installed to control the temperature. The other two scheduled tournaments will be at the Valencia Tennis Club (July 17-19) and at the Real Club de Tenis Avilés (July 24-26).
On the first date they are confirmed Roberto Bautista, Pablo Carreño, Albert Ramos, Pablo Andújar, Roberto Carballés, Alejandro Davidovich, Jaume Munar and Pedro Martínez Portero in a team format.