Davis Cup and Fed Cup Finals postponed to 2021

FILE PHOTO: Spectator's stands are seen empty during a tennis match between Japan and Ecuador in a Davis Cup qualifier which is taking behind closed doors amid the spread of the new coronavirus, in Miki, Hyogo prefecture, Japan, March 6, 2020, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - Tennis's flagship team events the Davis Cup and Fed Cup Finals have been postponed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Friday.

The revamped 18-nation Davis Cup Finals, launched last year in Madrid, was set to return to the Spanish capital in November but it will now take place 12 months later.