ATP, WTA will suspend their tours beyond June 7

Your going to have to wait a long while before tennis kicks off again.

In order to combat and prevent the further spread of the coronavirus, the ATP and WTA have released a statement that their tours will stay suspended through June 7th.

They both released a joint statement to confirm the news:

“After careful consideration, and due to the continuing outbreak of COVID-19, all ATP and WTA tournaments in the Spring clay court swing will not be held as scheduled”

“This includes the combined ATP/WTA tournaments in Madrid and Rome, along with the WTA events in Strasbourg and Rabat and ATP events in Munich, Estoril, Geneva and Lyon.

“The professional tennis season is now suspended through June 7, 2020, including the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF World Tennis Tour. At this time, tournaments taking place from June 8, 2020 onwards are still planning to go ahead as per the published schedule.”

More to come.