Dmitrov was one of the few players who had tested positive for the deadly virus after taking part in Novak Djokovic's disastrous Adria Tour exhibition event in June.
The U.S. Open -- usually the year’s last Grand Slam tournament, but the second of 2020 because of the pandemic -- is scheduled to run Aug. 31 to Sept. 13.
Group in charge of the U.S. Open immediately said the tuneup’s cancellation “in no way impacts” its Grand Slam event.
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.
The US Open will feature the men's and women's singles main-draw events, each with the traditional 128 players, and men's and women's doubles events, with 32 teams in each competition (down from 64 teams).
The 38-year-old American was the runner-up in Flushing Meadows each of the past two years.
US Open 2020 will begin from August 31 without fans at Queens in New York
Murray's keen interest to participate in US Open was revealed by fellow ATP player Feliciano Lopez, with whom he had won the doubles title last summer at the Queen's.
ATP council was presented with the idea of hosting the Cincinnati tournament along with the US Open in a two-event "bubble" at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre
While the tennis world awaits a decision, which could come as soon as next week, from the US Tennis Association’s board about whether to hold the Grand Slam tournament in New York in August amid the coronavirus pandemic.
US Open is scheduled to be held from August 24 to September 13 and organisers United States Tennis Association (USTA) has said that it wants to hold the tournament on the scheduled dates.
The USTA is mulling shifting the Cincinnati Open to New York. This would let them host the US Open right after the tournament, thus maintaining a secure biosphere for the players.
Spain tennis star Rafael Nadal has said that he remains unsure about the fate of the 2020 US Open.
The US Open is scheduled to run from August 24 to September 13 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, and Widmaier says there is a deadline of mid-June to make a decision on how to hold the event.
The tournament in New York City would be the next major championship on the tennis calendar; the French Open’s start was postponed from May until September, and Wimbledon was canceled altogether.
Moments after the announcement, United States Tennis Association (USTA) released a statement clarifying the current status of US Open 2020.
The US Open tennis site will house 350 hospital beds and will also be used in preparation of food packages.
Amid the lockdowns and self-isolation process, we bring to you a list of top ten tennis matches of all time which can temporarily drive boredom.
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.
Daniil Medvedev won over the New York crowd at the Arthur Ashe Stadium after a fearless show against Rafael Nadal in the US Open final.
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