When competitive tennis returns from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’ll do so in Washington, D.C. The Citi Open announced Wednesday that it will hold the first ATP-sanctioned event since the pandemic, starting Aug. 13.
World TeamTennis is changing two key policies related to players who test positive for COVID-19, including giving full salaries - instead of its original plan to only offer a prorated portion - to those who get sick during the three-week season.
The NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS and WNBA have all discussed hosting games in one central location for their respective leagues rather than have teams travel around the country to play in empty stadiums without fans. This concept is called a hub city, occasionally referred to as a “bubble” or host city.
WTT said Tuesday it is planning to allow up to 500 spectators at each of its outdoor matches during a three-week season from July 12 to Aug. 2 at a resort in West Virginia.
What also felt strange was the many new obligatory measures aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 — such at not sitting down on a chair, using different balls than your opponent, and sliding on gloves to wipe down the net cord with disinfectant after the session.
The French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros could be held without fans later this year, the president of the French Tennis Federation said on Sunday.
There might be wheelchair tennis competition at the 2020 U.S. Open, after all.
Tennis authorities suspended Venezuelan referee Armando Belardi for two years and six months on Friday for not reporting approaches to him to alter match scores.
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A statue of African American tennis legend Arthur Ashe on Richmond, Virginia's, Monument Avenue has been vandalized with the words "White Lives Matter."
Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for his efforts in raising awareness about mental health.
Electronic line-calling will be used instead of line judges for U.S. Open matches at all courts except the two largest arenas, while singles qualifying and mixed doubles, junior and wheelchair competition are being eliminated entirely.
Here’s how all-in Serena Williams is on participating in the 2020 U.S. Open: She set up a practice area at her home with the new brand of hard courts being used at Flushing Meadows this year.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave the go-ahead Tuesday for the U.S. Open tennis tournament to be held in his state starting in late August - but without spectators - as part of the reopening from shutdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says U.S. Open tennis tournament can be held in New York without fans starting in August.
Nothing has kept Queen Elizabeth II away from the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting during her 68-year reign as U.K. monarch - not pregnancy, a speech to Parliament or even an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
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