Wimbledon chief Richard Lewis admitted on Thursday that he feared the remainder of the 2020 tennis season could be wiped out.
Tennis has been in lockdown since early last month and is not scheduled to return until July 13 at the earliest following the cancellation of Wimbledon for the first time since World War II on Wednesday.
The decision to axe the sport’s oldest and most prestigious Grand Slam event due to the coronavirus pandemic followed the French Open’s unilateral switch from its traditional May-June slot to September-October.
The double body blow resulted in the entire claycourt and grasscourt seasons being abandoned.
“I don’t think it’s unrealistic to say that there may be no more tennis this year,” said All England Club chief executive Lewis.
“But I would like to think that things will settle down so that tournaments can be played sooner rather than later. Who knows what will happen?”
Lewis told the Guardian that, despite his fears, he hoped that the…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
