International Tennis Cancels tournament until early June Impacts Olympic selection March 19, 20:53
Following the spread of the new coronavirus, the International Tennis Federation and others have announced that all tournaments will be discontinued until early June. As a result, the right to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, which was determined by the world ranking at the end of the tournament in early June, will also be affected, and the Japan Tennis Association hastened to gather information.
The International Tennis Federation and the ATP (Men's Professional Tennis Association), which run both men's and women's tournaments, and the WTA (Women's Tennis Association) are on the 18th, as the spread of the new coronavirus is spreading worldwide, The decision regarding the treatment of the tournament was announced.
This will extend the suspension period for men and women tournaments that have already postponed the match, all of which will be canceled until June 7.
In addition, regarding the world rankings, boys will freeze on 9th of this month and girls will freeze on 16th of this month.
In response, the Japan Tennis Association determined that the right to play tennis at the Tokyo Olympics was decided based on the world ranking on June 8, so this decision was related to the national selection and I will keep in touch with various places and gather information on what will happen to the Olympics in the future. "
Due to the new Coronavirus, tennis has been forced to change its annual tournament schedule, with one of the four major tournaments scheduled to open in May, the French Open, being postponed to September.