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Despite the cancellation of the tennis classic in Wimbledon, the organizers of the US Open are still holding their event in late summer.
“At this point, USTA is still planning to host the US Open as planned, and we are continuing to prepare to host the tournament,” said the US Tennis Association on Wednesday (local time).
Of course, one follows the rapidly changing development around the Covid 19 pandemic very closely and prepares for all eventualities, it said.
Historical cancellation! Wimbledon is out this year
The organizers of Wimbledon had canceled this year’s event due to the Corona crisis on Wednesday. The entire tennis tour is paused until July 13th. Previously, the French Open had been moved from May to September, a week after the US Open planned from August 31 to September 13.
350 hospital beds planned on site
However, it is currently completely unclear whether the two Grand Slam events will actually take place. New York is an epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Soon, 350 temporary hospital beds for the residents of the metropolis, which have been hard hit by the pandemic, are to be built on the Flushing Meadows facility. In addition, one of the kitchens at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is to be used to prepare 25,000 food packages daily.
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Entry picture: Getty Images.
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