The organisers of the U.S. Open said on Thursday that a decision on whether to hold the grand slam this year amid the Coronavirus outbreak will be made in June, and playing it without fans is on the table but highly unlikely.
The U.S. Open, which is scheduled to run from August 31 to September 13, is both the largest and loudest of the four grand slam events on the tennis calendar and United States Tennis Association (USTA), Chief Executive Mike Dowse does not anticipate an US Open without fans.
The U.S. Open is held annually in New York City, which has been hit hardest by the Coronavirus with more than 10,000 dead.
The Usta Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, which is the home of the U.S. Open, has even been turned into temporary hospital to help in the battle against the Coronavirus.
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The French Open, the first grand slam to be hit by the spread of the Coronavirus, moved the Claycourt event to September 20 – October 4 from its traditional may start while the Wimbledon championships, set to begin in late June, were cancelled.
