Data map: The men's singles final of the 2019 China Open was held in Beijing. Austria's Tim defeated Greece's Sisipas 2:1 (3-6/6-4/6-1) to win the championship. The picture shows Tim celebrating the victory. Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu
China News Service, July 24th. On the 24th, the International Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and the International Professional Tennis Federation (ATP) issued a statement that affected by the epidemic, various WTA and ATP events scheduled to be held in mainland China this year will No longer held. The cancelled events include China Open, WTA Finals and ATP Shanghai Masters.
In the statement, WTA and ATP said that due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the State Sports General Administration of China has recently decided that in principle, China will not host any more international events in 2020. Therefore, the tennis tournament originally scheduled to be held in mainland China this year was cancelled.
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Affected WTA events include the China Tennis Open, Wuhan Tennis Open, Jiangxi Tennis Open, Zhengzhou Open, Shenzhen WTA Year-end Finals, Zhuhai WTA Super Classic and Guangzhou International Women's Tennis Open.
The cancelled ATP events include the Shanghai Masters, China Open, Chengdu Open and Zhuhai Tennis Championships.
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"In the case of this pandemic, we will follow the guidance of relevant local authorities on the organization of activities. We respect the decision made by the Chinese government in response to the unprecedented global pandemic situation. This is the best responsibility to the country. Way." ATP Chairman Andrea Gordonz said.
He said: "Chinese fans are the most enthusiastic fans in the world. I know our players are looking forward to the next opportunity to play in front of them." (End)