Organizers unveiled the health protocols for the clay-court Grand Slam, which will take place at Roland Garros in western Paris from Sept. 27 after being postponed from its May start due to the pandemic.
Djokovic, Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Victor Troicki all tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the Belgrade leg of the exhibition event.
The French Tennis Federation said Thursday up to 60% of the stands can be filled with fans when play starts in September at Roland Garros.
The US Open has been scheduled from August 31 to September 12 in New York, and French Open will be held from September 27 to October 11 in Paris.
Williams, 39, has five Wimbledon championships and two US Open trophies apart from 14 doubles Grand Slam trophies in her bulging cabinet.
The French Open was initially scheduled to take place from May 24 to June 7 but due to the outbreak of the virus, it was postponed till September 20.
When — or if — the French Open is held later in 2020, though, it is possible there could be zero — or a limited number — of people allowed to attend the event, which broke its attendance record last year with 520,000.
It should have been the first day of the clay-court Grand Slam tournament held annually at Roland Garros — with thousands flocking to catch a glimpse of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Serena Williams.
The coronavirus pandemic had forced the French Open to be postponed to September 20, one week after the scheduled final of the US Open, which itself is under a cloud of uncertainty.
The French Open was earlier postponed to September 20 in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.
The new date for the tournament was initially set as September 20 but a report states that this could be pushed back to September 27.
The tournament, which was founded and is organised by Swiss great Roger Federer's management company, will now be held at TD Garden in Boston from September 24-26, 2021.
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In a rare joint statement by the men's and women's tours, they announced that the entire clay-court circuit "will not be held as scheduled".
French Open announced on Tuesday that the tournament will be held from September 20 to October 4 instead of the original timetable of May-June.
The French tennis federation said Tuesday it will hold its 15-day clay-court event at Roland Garros in Paris from September 20 to October 4, instead of May 24 to June 7.
The tournament will now be played from September 20 to October 4, 2020.
Tennis legend Roger Federer undergone a knee surgery on Thursday that will keep him out Indian Wells, Miami and French Open.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Japan's Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe 21-11 25-23 in the semi-finals of the French Open.
India's men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty progressed to the semifinal of the French Open on Friday.
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