<p>The US Tennis Association has cancelled several amateur events scheduled in August because of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">coronavirus</a> pandemic but is still planning to hold the US Open starting August 31.</p>.<p>USTA National Championships in certain junior age groups for singles and doubles are being scrapped.</p>.<p>That includes boys' 18s in Orlando and girls' 18s in San Diego in singles; boys' 16s in Rome, Georgia, and girls' 16s in Mobile, Alabama, in singles; and boys' and girls' 12s through 18s doubles in Orlando.</p>.<p>Men's and women's USTA National Grass Court Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, are also among the tournaments eliminated.</p>.<p>The USTA says “there was an inherent risk associated with hosting large numbers of individuals at one site, at one time, and would make risk mitigation difficult.”</p>.<p>The group says the sort of Covid-19 testing and universal housing planned for the US Open “would logistically and financially be incredibly difficult to create” at these national events.</p>.<p>All sanctioned tennis has been suspended since March because of the pandemic. Competition is scheduled to resume in August.</p>
<p>The US Tennis Association has cancelled several amateur events scheduled in August because of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">coronavirus</a> pandemic but is still planning to hold the US Open starting August 31.</p>.<p>USTA National Championships in certain junior age groups for singles and doubles are being scrapped.</p>.<p>That includes boys' 18s in Orlando and girls' 18s in San Diego in singles; boys' 16s in Rome, Georgia, and girls' 16s in Mobile, Alabama, in singles; and boys' and girls' 12s through 18s doubles in Orlando.</p>.<p>Men's and women's USTA National Grass Court Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, are also among the tournaments eliminated.</p>.<p>The USTA says “there was an inherent risk associated with hosting large numbers of individuals at one site, at one time, and would make risk mitigation difficult.”</p>.<p>The group says the sort of Covid-19 testing and universal housing planned for the US Open “would logistically and financially be incredibly difficult to create” at these national events.</p>.<p>All sanctioned tennis has been suspended since March because of the pandemic. Competition is scheduled to resume in August.</p>