Due to the worldwide COVID- 19 epidemic, many sports events were canceled or postponed. But now the situation is slowly becoming normal. The Football League has started and now cricket and tennis events are also ready to return. England has announced the hosting of the cricket series, While a new tennis calendar has also been released.
After several tournaments postponed due to the coronavirus, ATP and WTA released a revised calendar on Wednesday, according to which the ATP tour will begin with the Washington Open starting August 14. There will be no change in the schedule of the US Open and it will start from 31 August.
The French Open was to be held in May was already postponed until September. Now its main round will be from 27 September to 11 October. At the same time, WTA has announced 20 women's tournaments which will start with Palermo Cup.
23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams has said that she wants to play in the US Open. In a video shown during the prize distribution of the tournament of the US Tennis Association, Serena said on Wednesday that she is desperate to play in the US Open where she has won the title six times.
Serena, 38, has been runner-up at Flushing Meadows in the past two years. The US Open season is the fourth and final Grand Slam. It will be played without an audience between August 31 and September 13 due to the coronavirus epidemic. The Australian Open ended in February. The French Open was then postponed and Wimbledon was also canceled.
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