“To be honest, it makes me a little nervous,” said Victoria Azarenka, a singles finalist at the United States Open. “I don’t necessarily know how I feel about it.”French tennis officials have been formulating and reformulating plans for months. Already, organizers have eliminated at least seven players and a coach, including Fernando Verdasco of Spain, for either testing positive or being exposed to a coach who did. That coach tested positive for the coronavirus even though he had recovered from Covid-19 months ago. Organizers hope they can give an energy boost that was clearly lacking at the U.S. Open.

Source: New York Times September 26, 2020 09:56 UTC