The government evokes a possible postponement of Roland-Garros

Scheduled for May 23, the 2021 edition of the Roland-Garros tennis tournament could be postponed. The government, which intends “Limit the chances of clustering and spreading the virus within professional sports”, is ” in discussion ” with the French Tennis Federation, which organizes the event “To see if the date should be changed so that it coincides with a possible resumption of all sports practice and major events”, declared the Minister for Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, Saturday evening April 3 on Franceinfo.

France entered a third national confinement on Saturday evening, even if professional sports are largely spared, with the exception of the Paris-Roubaix cycling classic, scheduled for April 11 and postponed to October 3. The 2020 edition of Roland-Garros had been postponed to September-October and took place almost behind closed doors.

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Asked Wednesday by Agence France-Presse, Gilles Moretton, the new president of the French Tennis Federation, said he would meet “All the players regularly and we wait to see how things will turn out”. “We are studying a lot of options for Roland-Garros 2021. There is the total range… or almost total because I dare not imagine a 100% gauge. But the gauge can go from behind closed doors to a gauge that will not be 100%. All options with us are ready. “

The World with Reuters