Davis Cup and Fed Cup postponed to 2021

Latest victims of the Covid-19 in the tennis world, the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup. The 2020 editions of the final stages of the men's and women's team tennis events have been postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced on Friday 26 June.

Originally scheduled for November in Madrid, the new version of the Davis Cup, won at the end of 2019 by Roja led by Rafael Nadal, was reprogrammed the week of November 22, 2021 in the Spanish capital.

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"Significant challenges"

"The competition was to welcome more than 90 players accompanied by large teams, as well as thousands of spectators, officials, managers, partners and other stakeholders from multiple countries, each at different stages in the management of the pandemic. The challenges of organizing an international gathering of this magnitude in a closed room are considerable due to the pandemic, both under current and foreseeable conditions. ” in the medium term, the ITF said in a statement.

Same goes for the Fed Cup. Title holder, the French women's tennis team can polish the Fed Cup trophy for another year. Kristina Mladenovic, Caroline Garcia and the other Bleues will now defend their title from April 13 to 18, 2021, still in Budapest.

These announcements come at a time when the WTA and ATP circuits, stopped since the beginning of March, must resume from August, and the US Open (from August 31 to September 13) and Roland-Garros (from 27 September to October 11), the two Grand Slam tournaments still on the calendar, must follow quickly.

Qualified teams – 18 for the Davis Cup and 12 for the Fed Cup – keep their places and the tables remain valid, the ITF said. The various dams that were still on the 2020 calendar are also pushed back to 2021.

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