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World No 1 Novak Djokovic mulls pulling out of US Open to prepare for French Open
•Top-ranked Novak Djokovic is thinking of skipping the US Open – if it is played – and instead returning to competition on clay ahead of the rescheduled French Open.
Plan to conduct US Open in progress; steps include COVID-19 tests, no spectators, limited entourages
•Charter flights to ferry US Open tennis players and limited entourages from Europe, South America and the Middle East to New York. Negative COVID-19 tests before travelling. Centralised housing. Daily temperature checks.
'No Bryan Brothers chest bumps' — US Tennis Association tells players to avoid incidental contact when sport returns
•The USTA thinks it will be safe to again play tennis “in some cities and states sooner than in others.”
US Open: Decision on postponement or cancellation of tournament to be taken in June, says USTA's CEO
•USTA is being advised by a medical advisory group that includes at least five doctors.
US Open 2019: Coco Gauff faces reality check in blockbuster clash against World No 1 Naomi Osaka
•Saturday night's showdown at Arthur Ashe Stadium in the round of 32 might just be the start of a rivalry between the 15-year-old Gauff and World No 1 Osaka
US Open 2019: Grand Slam to be richest tennis tournament in history with prize money increased to $57 million
•The US Open is also to make a $1 million contribution, split evenly between the ATP Tour and WTA Tour to help fund transition programs for players leaving the sport.
US Open 2018: Serena Williams fined $17,000 after her outburst against chair umpire in women's singles final
•Serena Williams has been fined $17,000 by the US Tennis Association in the wake her outburst during a controversial US Open final loss to Japan's Naomi Osaka.
US Open will consider Serena Williams' pregnancy while making seedings after furore at French Open
•While making no promises about where 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Williams might be seeded, USTA president Katrina Adams said the Open would "revise the seedings if pregnancy is a factor in the current rankings of a player."
Indian Wells Masters: Eugenie Bouchard, Alex de Minaur handed wildcards for tournament
•Bouchard will be playing her first tournament since she won her lawsuit against the US Tennis Association over her locker room fall at the 2015 US Open.
Eugenie Bouchard says she felt 'relieved and vindicated' after winning lawsuit against US Tennis Association
•Bouchard had sought unspecified damages, arguing the USTA was at fault for unsafe conditions in a training room in the locker room area at the US Open, where she slipped and fell on a wet floor after a late night doubles match.