Meanwhile, back in Britain, local professionals will have a variety of exhibition tournaments to choose from once July begins. The United States Tennis Association has already proposed moving this tournament to New York as part of its biosecure preparations for the US Open a fortnight later. Washington might have a chance on Aug 10, but the best bet is probably Cincinnati on Aug 17. Palermo and Charleston are both on the schedule for the week starting Aug 3, but they are unlikely to take place. The more immediate question is when WTA tournaments will resume. Immediately after the rescheduled French Open finishes on Oct 11, tournaments are due to be staged in Beijing, Wuhan, Nanchang, Zhengzhou and Tokyo before the shortened season climaxes with the WTA Finals in Shenzhen and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai. It shows that the Asian swing normally planned for October remains theoretically intact. The WTA’s schedule of upcoming events was published on Tuesday by the Belgian player Alison Van Uytvanck, and sources confirmed that it is accurate.
And this makes it a serious money-spinner, both for the players and for the WTA itself. The Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open – which is scheduled to start on Oct 19 – is one of the Premier 5 events. The Women’s Tennis Association is expecting its players to return to Wuhan – where the Covid-19 outbreak originated – this coming autumn, according to a schedule of tournaments that was leaked on social media.Īlthough some players might think twice before travelling to the epicentre of the pandemic, the WTA has become increasingly reliant on Chinese funds.
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