Tournament in doubt ahead of Monday decision deadlineDjokovic, Halep, Nadal and Kyrgios among the doubtful starsThe
US Open will join
Wimbledon on the 2020
Tennis scrapheap unless key players and other stakeholders can be persuaded over the weekend that it will be safe to travel to
New York in late August, when the tournament is scheduled to begin. It does not look promising.
Video-conference talks this week between the tournament’s organisers, the
United States Tennis Association, and more than 400 players across the rankings spectrum, as well as coaches and representatives of the ATP and WTA, have revealed serious divisions before Monday’s deadline.