The tour events in China were officially cancelled Thursday night, as announced by both tours.

The ATP will not hold their Shanghai Masters this year along with Beijing. But, the WTA was hit hard. The tour which invested heavily in China, lost seven more events in that country including its lucrative year-end finals in Shenzhen.

“We are extremely disappointed that our world-class events in China will not take place this year,” stated …

Following the shuttering of the Washington tennis tournament, the US Open shot down any cancellation rumors stating they are committed to holding the event next month as planned.

“This decision in no way impacts the US Open or the Western & Southern Open,” the USTA said in a statement. “The USTA will create a safe and controlled environment for players and everyone else involved in both tournaments that mitigates …

The Washington event officially cancelled for 2020, due to Coronavirus and logistical concerns. The event, which originally was a ATP/WTA tournament, lost its WTA slot to Lexington. And now the ATP tour will not return scheduled on August 14.

In a statement, tournament CEO Mark Ein said, “After months of tireless work by our team and close collaboration with our many stakeholders, we are heartbroken to announce that me must unfortunately …

With the US Open just over a month away, it’s getting close to decision time for many top players, especially those who will have to make travel plans to the U.S.

But Rafael Nadal, who hasn’t committed to attending the Open, is preparing by practicing on clay.

The Spaniard who will have Madrid, Rome and the French consecutively after the US Open, has been on court but on clay, not on hard …

Wimbledon’s often-controversial seeding system for the men’s event has officially been scraped, the tournament announced today.

Since the 2002 event, Wimbledon has been using a formula to seed the men’s weighted on recent grass results. Prior to 2002, a committee determined the seedings until a player revolt forced the tournament’s hand.

With the grass season wiped out, using a formula next year could have created some issues among the players.

Now, the tournament …

Thanks to an insurance policy, Wimbledon was able to avoid much in the way of financial distress from missing their 2020 edition. In fact, the tournament is in such good standing that they announced today that they will pay 620 players a portion of what they were scheduled to be awarded.

The $12.6M (USD) will be distributed to all players who would have earned main draw berths in singles, doubles and …

Alexander Zverev has reportedly hired another “supercoach” tapping the now-retired David Ferrer to join his team on a part-time basis.

Zverev, who already went through Juan Carlos Ferrero and Ivan Lendl, will have the 38-year-old Ferrer visit him for a 15-day trial in Monte Carlo.

Ferrer retired last May in Madrid, losing in his final match to Zverev!

Ferrer was considered to be one of the best fighters on the tour. …

The French Open announced Thursday that they will allow for fans when the tournament begins on September 27.

The French Open, which controversially moved to September, says they will allow for 50-60% of total fan capacity.

Seats on the big three show courts, including the now-covered Philippe Chatrier, will allow for at least one seat separation between blocks of purchased tickets which go on sale July 9. Outer courts will …

After revealing a positive COVID-19 test a week ago, Novak Djokovic and his wife, Jelena, are reportedly virus free.

Djokovic and three other players — Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki — contracted the coronavirus during the Serb’s now-cancelled Adria Tour.

All told, at least eight individuals were infected with the disease including Jelena Djokovic and coach Goran Ivanisevic.

Djokovic and Jelena are reported to have not have …

Due to the impact of the Coronavirus, both ATP and WTA schedules have been revised per below.

ATP
August 22 – Cincinnati (in NYC)
August 31 – US Open

September 8 – Kitzbuhel
September 14 – Rome
September 21 – Hamburg
September 27 – French Open

October 12 – St. Petersburg, Cologne, Sardinia
October 19 – Antwerp, Cologne
October 26 – Vienna, Nur-Sultan

November 2 – Paris Indoors
November 9 – Sofia
November 15 – London ATP Finals

WTA
August 3 – Palermo
August 10 – …

With coronavirus cases back on the upswing in the U.S., doubt of the US Open happening is gaining momentum.

Serena Williams is among the big players who have stated their excitement to play the event. And the American has a lot at stake in her continued chase for an elusive 24th Grand Slam title.

But her longtime coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, isn’t convinced the event will even happen.

“With what’s happening at the …

According to Serbian media, Novak Djokovic has donated $45,000 to Novi Pazar, a COVID-stricken city in the southwest of Serbia.

Djokovic is currently under fire for staging an exhibition tour which left at least people, including himself and his wife, infected with the coronavirus.

Several came out to denounce the tour and the World No. 1 apologized for the exo series.

He and wife Jelena are currently in quarantine and …

The fallout from Novak Djokovic’s Adria Tour continued Friday with the announcement that the Serb’s coach, former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic, has tested positive for the Coronavirus.

Ivanisevic was on the mic Sunday to announce the Adria Tour final in Zadar had to be cancelled. He also stated he had tested negative. However, the Croatian twice tested negative but has now turned up positive. Though he has no symptoms, he …

The ITF has announced that the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup have been cancelled for 2020. They will return in 2021.

The 2020 Davis Cup finals will now take place November 22, 2021 in Madrid. Also, the 24 home-and-away World Group I and World Group II ties due to be played in September this year have been moved to 2021.

Gerard Pique, Kosmos Tennis President said: “It’s a huge disappointment for …

Novak Djokovic’s father, Srdan, isn’t doing his son any favors. With Novak already getting outrage from all direction, his outspoken father is now reported as saying the virus that infected at least eight people on the Adria Tour started with Grigor Dimitrov who was the first to announce a positive test on Sunday.

“Why did it happen? Because [Dimitrov] probably came sick, who knows from where. He didn’t test here, …