Beijing time on August 5th, the US Open officially released the men's singles and women's singles entries this year. Among the top 20 ATP (Men’s Professional Tennis Association) singles players, Nadal, Federer , Monfils, Fognini and Wawrinka will not participate in the competition, while WTA (International Women’s Tennis Association) singles ranking Among the top 28 players, only world number one Batty was absent.
Nadal in the 2019 US Open match Xinhua News Agency
"After repeated consideration, I decided not to participate in this year's US Open. The current situation of the epidemic is still very complicated, and we cannot control it yet." It was written on social media, "This is a decision I don't want to make, but this time I plan to follow my heart and not go to the game for the time being." Women's singles world No. 1 Batty has announced that he will not participate in this year's US Open. The reason is also because of the new crown. Pneumonia epidemic.
US Open men's singles list
US Open women's singles list
On the same day, the 2020 US Open prize distribution plan was announced. This year’s total prize money is 53.4 million US dollars, which is about 3.6 million US dollars lower than last year. Among them, the men's and women's singles championship prizes dropped from 3.85 million US dollars in 2019 to 3 million US dollars, and the singles runner-up prizes fell to 1.5 million US dollars from last year's 1.9 million US dollars. The prize money for the singles top four and eight players has also decreased compared to 2019, but the prize money for players participating in the first round of singles has increased by 5% compared to 2019, from 58,000 US dollars to 61,000 US dollars. Player bonuses for the second and third rounds of singles were the same as in 2019, at $100,000 and $163,000, respectively.
Source Beijing News Sports|Reporter Li Yuanfei
Editor: Li Yuanfei
Process Editor Wu Yue
