After the US Tennis Association announced that the 2020 US Open will be held in the same place, yesterday Beijing time, more details about this year's US Open were officially disclosed. At the same time, the Men’s Professional Tennis Association (ATP) and the International Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) have updated their calendars, and the time of the WTA events held in China such as the China Tennis Open and Wuhan Open have changed.
US Open released more event details
Yesterday, the US Open announced more details about this year's event. There will be no qualifying rounds for the US Open this year. The singles main draw will still maintain 128 seats, but the doubles main draw will be reduced from 64 to 32 seats. To this end, the United States Tennis Association will provide 6.6 million US dollars in subsidies to ATP and WTA, and it is up to ATP and WTA to decide whether to use this part of the funds to host alternative games to make up for players who are unable to participate in the qualifying matches and cause ranking losses.
Cincinnati's singles main draw table will be the same as in previous years, but the qualification lottery will increase from the previous 28 men's singles and 32 women's singles to 48 seats, and the doubles lottery will increase from the past 28 seats to 32 Seat. In addition, the US Open has also promised to provide a total of 60 million US dollars in compensation to players participating in the US Open, Western and Southern Opens to ensure that they will not suffer financial losses due to participation.
The two major tennis organizations adjusted the calendar
At the same time, the ATP and WTA each released an adjusted calendar. After the U.S. Open has confirmed that it will be held as scheduled, the ATP has announced that the U.S. Open will be held from August 31 to September 7 and the French Open will be held from September 27 to October 5, starting from August 14, including The calendar of 5 events including 3 Masters, and said that the 41st to 46th week of this year's calendar will be released in mid-July. The WTA event will restart in Palermo, Italy on August 3 and will continue until December 20.
However, both organizations said that the current calendar is still subject to change, and all events are currently not allowed to watch spectators. After the event is restarted, the rankings frozen by the two organizations since March 16 this year will also be restored in an appropriate and fair manner, but the relevant policies have not yet been released.
China Open Women's Event After National Day, the
China Open has a higher level of women's event, which is one of the only four WTA crown jewel events. In previous years, China Open was held during the National Day holiday. In the new calendar released by the WTA, this year's China Open will be held from October 12th to 18th, avoiding conflicts with the French Open that was postponed to the end of September. The Wuhan Open, which has also been delayed by the French Open, has also changed its previous practice before the China Open. This year's race will be held from October 19th to 25th. The WTA year-end finals in Shenzhen will be held from November 8th to 15th, one week after the original date.
Although the new WTA calendar ensures that the two high-level events of the China Open and the Wushu Open will not "crash" with the French Open, in the case of limited time, other events of the WTA "China Season" can only see stitches. The Jiangxi Open in Nanchang will be held from October 19th to 25th. Afterwards, the Zhengzhou Open will be held from October 26th to November 1st. The Guangzhou Open, which was originally scheduled to be held in September this year, was postponed. From November 23 to 29, this time is later than the WTA year-end finals and the WTA Zhuhai Super Classic held from November 17 to 22.
Source: Beijing Evening News reporter Li Yuanfei
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