The Montreal, Canada tournament, which should take place between 10 and 16 in August, was canceled due to the pandemic of COVID - 19, today announced the Association of Professional Female Tennis Players (WTA).
“Due to the measures imposed by the government of Quebec, which prohibit the holding of events until 31 of August 2020, the Montreal Rogers Cup postpones its event to 2021 ", announced the agency governing women's tennis, on the official website.
The WTA stressed that “health and safety will always be the priority”, admitting that canceling this year's race was a “difficult decision to make”.
The Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP) and the WTA had already suspended all evidence until 13 July 2020, due to the pandemic.
The new coronavirus, responsible for the COVID pandemic - 19, has already caused more 103 thousand dead and infected more than 1.7 million people in 193 countries and territories. Of the infection cases, more than 341 thousand are considered cured. After appearing in China in December, the outbreak spread throughout the world, which led the World Health Organization to declare a pandemic situation, and the European continent is currently the most affected, with about 870 thousand infected and 71 thousand dead.
In Portugal, which has been in a state of emergency since 19 in March and until at the end of the day 17 of April, registered 470 deaths and 15. 987 confirmed infections, according to the balance sheet made today.
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