FILE PHOTO: Tennis - bett1ACES exhibition tournament - Steffi Graf Stadium, Berlin, Germany - July 13, 2020 A person wearinh gloves holds a tennis ball during the match between Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff and Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo
(Reuters) - The Citi Open in Washington, which was scheduled to restart the men's ATP Tour after the COVID-19 shutdown, has been cancelled for 2020, organisers announced on Tuesday.
The tournament was set to begin on Aug. 14 and serve as a build-up for the U.S. Open but the organisers said concerns about travel restrictions and recent trends in the coronavirus outbreak had led to the decision to scrap the event.
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