Despite the cancellation of the Wimbledon tennis tournament for the first time since World War II, the organizers of the US Open are still holding their event in late summer.
“At this point, the USTA is still planning to host the US Open as planned, and we are continuing to intensify preparations to host the tournament,” said a statement by the US Tennis Association on Wednesday (local time). Of course, you follow the rapidly changing development of the coronavirus pandemic very carefully and prepare yourself for all eventualities.
The organizers of Wimbledon canceled their event this year because of the crisis on Wednesday. The entire tennis tour is paused until July 13th. The French Open had previously been postponed from May to September, a week after the US Open planned from August 31 to September 13.
New York as the focus of coronavirus
However, it is currently completely unclear whether the two Grand Slam events will actually take place. New York is a hotspot for the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Soon 350 temporary hospital beds for the residents of the metropolis hit hard 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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