Tennis was hurled into the coronavirus maelstrom on Monday after the overnight cancellation of the Indian Wells Masters, the biggest event outside the four majors. It also looks likely that the similarly important Miami Open, due to start on 25 March, will be called off. He had little choice once the Riverside County Public Health Department declared a public health emergency for the surrounding Coachella Valley after a confirmed case of Covid-19. Broward county (Miami Open home) has more confirmed cases. It would be palpably unfair, for instance, if the incumbent Indian Wells champion, Dominic Thiem, were to surrender 1,000 points without hitting a ball.

Source: The Guardian March 09, 2020 08:19 UTC