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There are 47 days left : Roland Garos Confronts Corona virus ……

As of today, there are 47 days left to kick off the 'Roland Garos' international tennis tournament. As discussed in the article of July 03 ( See ) regarding the organizational challenges of the French tennis tournament. Indeed, the organizers have set the dates of September 27 to October 11, 2020 as the game schedule and to avoid closed doors, the tournament management have launched the guidelines for buying tickets and a health guide to be able to enter French territory and join the stadiums. Game Dates: The dates are set between September 27 and October 11, 2020, which are far from the usual competition dates which are between May 24 and June 7, a date selected by the organizers to avoid double programming with US Open which will take place between 31 August and September 13. At first, players in the tennis world did not appreciate the unilateral decision of the French tennis federation without consulting them. Vacek Pospisil, member of the players' council,

Roland Garos: supporters are invited to the stadiums.

Roland Garros, the most famous Grand Slam tournament created in 1891, organized by the French tennis federation annually over a period of two weeks between the last week of hand and my first week in June. Its reputation has made it the second tournament on the calendar after the Australian Open, which takes place annually in January. Knowing that the Roland Garos tournament is the largest tennis tournament on clay and the only one in the world after the cancellation of open US in 1978 by the American tennis federation. "20,000 people in the stadium is what we are used to on the day of the final," said FFT director general Jean-François Vilotte at a press conference. Because of Corona Virus, the French authorities have postponed the date of the organization of this competition until September 28, 2020 and October 11, 2020 but the good news that the matc²hs will be organized with the presence of 20,000 spectators per day, the thing that will probably encourage players to give t