Matches will be played behind closed doors and New York governor
Andrew Cuomo had assured that robust testing will be conducted so that the
tournament goes ahead smoothly.
Defending champion
Rafael
Nadal has announced that he won't be playing the US Open, citing concerns
over the coronavirus.
The world number two men's tennis star also criticised the revised calendar for
tennis and labelled it as "barbaric".
"After many
thoughts I have decided not to play this year's US Open. The situation is very
complicated worldwide, the COVID-19
cases are increasing, it looks like we still don't have control of
it," Nadal said in a tweet.
"We know that
the reduced tennis calendar is barbaric this year after 4 months stopped with
no play, I understand and thank for the efforts they are putting in to make it
happen. We have just seen the announcement of Madrid not being played this
year," he added in another tweet.
The US Open in New
York will be followed by the French Open a fortnight later, and maybe this is
the reason, Nadal went on to criticise the revised tennis calendar.
"This is a
decision I never wanted to take but I have decided to follow my heart this time
and for the time being I rather not travel," Nadal added.
Roger Federer will
also not be a part of this year's Grand Slams as he continues to recover from
an injury.
As a result, this
US Open will be the first since 1999, that neither player has featured in the
main draw of a Grand Slam event.
Earlier, it was
announced that US Open will be played from August 31-September 13 this year.
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