2020 Tokyo Olympic Games postponed due to Coronavirus pandemic

The event which was due to begin on 24 July; it included of course tennis on it's calendar with Andy Murray; as it's defending champion from Rio four years ago.

It originally backtracked from being decided in four weeks to around 48 hours; after pressure from multiple countries and athletes who were set to withdraw if it went ahead.

It will like the Euro 2020 football tournament still be called Tokyo 2020; despite it being held in 2021.

This marks a new dilemma for the tennis calendar with the suspension of the ATP and WTA Tour until June 7, 2020; meaning that if it does return, Wimbledon will likely be the first Grand Slam; followed by a sizeable gap of a few weeks until the American Hard Court Swing and French Clay Court swing begins.

As a result, it could give Wimbledon scope to reschedule for a few weeks after if needed; with only Hamburg of note on the Clay set to be played; up until the original Olympic date.

The organisers of Tokyo 2020 and the IOC released the following joint statement this morning:

"The unprecedented and unpredictable spread of the outbreak has seen the situation in the rest of the world deteriorating.

"On Monday, the director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the Covid-19 pandemic is 'accelerating'.

"There are more than 375,000 cases now recorded worldwide and in nearly every country, and their number is growing by the hour.

"In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the WHO today [Tuesday], the IOC president and the prime minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021; to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community."

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