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Western & Southern Open: Naomi Osaka reverses decision to withdraw from semi-finals

Osaka said in a statement on Wednesday that she had pulled out of her last-four clash with Belgium's Elise Mertens in protest at the police shooting of black man Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.

US Open 2020: 'Social distance ambassadors' to monitor players at Flushing Meadows

The USTA announced that one person, who is not a player, turned up positive for COVID-19 out of 1,400 tests administered in the controlled environment setup for the US Open and 'Cincinnati' taking place at the same site

US Open 2020: World No 2 Simona Halep latest in list of stars to pull out of tournament over COVID-19 fears

Halep joins a host of top players who are passing on playing at Flushing Meadows when the next Grand Slam tournament begins on 31 August.

US Open 2020: No set guidelines for calling off Grand Slam by USTA if COVID-19 outbreak

USTA spokesman Chris Widmaier said his group and its representatives are in touch with the WTA, ATP, the French tennis federation and government officials in Italy and France about quarantine concerns.

US Open organisers to include wheelchair tournament at Grand Slam after backlash from Australian Paralympic tennis champion Dylan Alcott

The United States Tennis Association’s announcement comes five days after the national governing body said it was rethinking their decision and that it could have better communicated with wheelchair athletes.

When tennis returns: No fans in stands, reduced prize money, rustiness and travel concerns

Now that there is a plan in place for top-level tennis to resume - starting in August in Italy, then Washington, with Grand Slam action to follow in New York, then Paris, assuming the COVID-19 outbreak allows - it's time to consider ways in which the sport will look different.

US Open 2020: United States Tennis Association rethinking decision to scrap wheelchair event in scaled-down event

The US Open organisers said they could have better communicated with wheelchair athletes before announcing they would not be part of this year’s scaled-down event in New York and are now rethinking their decision.

US Open 2020: No singles qualifying, reduced draws and events, fewer line judges and ball people in plans

Electronic line-calling will be used instead of line judges for US Open matches at all courts except the two largest arenas, while singles qualifying and mixed doubles, junior and wheelchair competition are being eliminated entirely.

US Open 2020: 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams says she 'cannot wait to return' to New York

23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams said in a video shown during the US Tennis Association's tournament presentation Wednesday that she “cannot wait to return” to New York for the major championship she has won six times.

Coronavirus Outbreak: US Open to go ahead without fans despite objections from top players, say reports

Wimbledon was cancelled altogether while the French Open has been moved to September and is due to start one week after the scheduled US Open men’s final.