French Open Tennis Tournament Delayed One Week

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The French Open, one of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year, has been pushed back by one week in a bid to get more spectators through the doors.The tournament will now run May 30 – June 13, with qualifying the week before.

Organizers said the move would give them “more time to improve and should optimise our chances of welcoming spectators at Roland Garros”.Last year’s French Open was delayed until September and took place with severely restricted crowds.France is in the midst of a significant third wave of coronavirus which has sparked another national lockdown.

Confirmed cases have dropped significantly in the last two days to under 10,000, but April 4 registered more than 66,000, the highest number this year.The UK’s major