Data Map: In Indian Wells, California, young Romanian tennis player Halep beat Serbian Jankovic 2 to 1 to win the 2015 ATP Masters Indian Wells Tennis Women's Singles Championship. Photo by Mao Jianjun issued by China News Service
Chinanews.com, June 17 (Beijing time) On the 17th of Beijing time, the US Open, one of the four major tennis tournaments, officially announced that the game will be held as scheduled from August 31 to September 13, and the event will be in the empty court. Under the circumstances.
The official website of the US Open stated: "In the current environment, it is challenging to hold one of the first batch of international sports events. We will organize the event in the safest way possible to reduce all potential risks."
Official announcement of the US Open. The picture comes from the official website of US Open.
At present, the epidemic prevention situation in the United States is still grim. According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 15:39 U.S. Eastern Time on June 16 (03:39 17th Beijing Time), the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States has exceeded 2.12 million, reaching 2124155 cases. The number of deaths exceeded 116,000, reaching 116,567. On the previous day (15th), there were 16,523 new cases and 538 new deaths.
According to foreign media reports, the former women's singles ranked first in the world and Grand Slam winner Halep has decided not to participate in the US Open competition. After the season restarts, she will only stay in Europe.
Among several heavyweight players in the men’s tennis world, Federer has already ended his season ahead of time. Whether Djokovic and Nadal will participate in the US Open is unknown. Earlier, Djokovic had publicly questioned the players' requirements for the US Open after the rematch. (Finish)