Laver Cup will go ahead despite French Open switch - organisers


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 18 Mar 2020

FILE PHOTO - Sep 6, 2019; Flushing, NY, USA; A general view of the match between Rafael Nadal of Spain (top) and Matteo Berrettini of Italy (bottom) in a semifinal match on day twelve of the 2019 US Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

(Reuters) - Laver Cup organisers say the exhibition event will go ahead in September as planned despite the French Open moving to the same dates as the implications of the French Tennis Federation (FFT)'s shock gambit began to reverberate on Wednesday.

In a move that stunned the tennis world, French Open organisers on Tuesday postponed the claycourt Grand Slam at Roland Garros from May until late September because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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