The four-time winner at Flushing Meadows does not need to move to the United States while Covid-19 instances are on the rise.
“After much thought, I’m not going to play at this year’s US Open. The scenario is very confusing in the world, COVID-19 instances are increasing, it turns out we still have no control,” he wrote on Instagram.
“It’s a resolution I never wanted to take, but this time I stay at my center and for now I prefer not to travel.
It’s a resolution I never wanted to take, but this time I stay at my center and for now I prefer not to travel. pic.twitter.com/8VA0aSACVy
The Madrid Open has been cancelled due to an uptick in the coronavirus in Spain.
The clay-court event was originally scheduled to be played in May, but moved in September after Covid-19’s first wave hit Europe, but an increase in cases in Spain saw the tournament canned until next year.
It will be played as the first warm-up occasion for the rescheduled French Open, which is expected to be played at the end of September and plans have been put in place to create a biosecurity bubble.
A of the tournament said: “As an act of duty to the existing scenario brought about by the Covid-19, and after carefully assessing the cases that the pandemic continues to generate, in conjunction with the competent authorities, a decision has been taken that 2020 The Mutua Madrid Open will not take a position this year after being transferred from 12 to 20 September.
Following the advice of local fitness authorities, and having followed the stage for months, the organizers of the Mutua Madrid Open do not yet have the selection to cancel the tournament for the complex stage that continues to generate Covid-19 in all aspects.
In addition, after an uptick in Covid-19 cases, the Madrid network announced a few days ago a series of new measures for the spread of the virus, adding a directive that social talks deserve to be reduced to 10 people, either in public and personal meetings, by reducing the viability of organizing the tournament extra.”
The women’s WTA Tour resumed this week with the Palermo Open, with an unidentified player retiring on the eve of the tournament following positive coronavirus, while the men’s ATP Tour will kick off for the first time since March 22.
This tournament, the Western and Southern Open, will serve as a warm-up occasion for the US Open, which will be played on the same site a week later, several more sensitive players have already retired for security reasons.
Both tours will now operate on a modified schedule for the fall.
They said in a joint statement: “The WTA and THE ATP regret to check the cancellation of the Mutua Madrid Open 2020, a resolution that was taken in accordance with the local government for reasons of fitness and protection.
“We would like to recognize the efforts of the tournament organizers who did their best to explore all the features to host this year’s tournament, despite the many demanding situations presented through Covid-19.
“Both are comparing updates to interim 2020 schedules for post-US Open occasions and an update will be released in due course.”