WTA suspends tour until 2 May due to coronavirus

NEW YORK (Reuters): The Women’s Tennis Association has suspended play until 2 May as the coronavirus pandemic continued its unprecedented shutdown of world sport yesterday.

WTA said tournaments in Stuttgart, Istanbul and Prague will “not be held as scheduled”.

“We will make a decision in the week ahead regarding the remaining WTA European claycourt events and will continue to monitor this situation closely and its impact on the 2020 WTA Tour season,” said the WTA.