ATP scrap China tournaments, including the Shanghai Masters, from 2022 calendar due to Covid-19 restrictions

The ATP have confirmed the cancellation of tournaments in China this season due to the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions in the country. Four events, including the Shanghai Masters, were scheduled for September and October but the country’s Covid-19 situation means the tournaments have been scrapped.

Ad/> As well as the Shanghai Masters which was due to run from October 9-16, China was scheduled to host the Chengdu Open and Zhuhai Championships – which were due to start on September 26 — and the China Open from October 3-9 in Beijing. TennisWTA 1000 events: When are they? Are Raducanu and Williams playing?16/03/2022 AT 17:41 «This marks the third year of cancellation for the ATP's China swing, typically hosted in September and October and last staged in 2019, prior to the pandemic,» the men's governing body said in a statement.

As of July 20, mainland China had confirmed 228,180 cases of Covid-19 with symptoms since the pandemic first struck in December 2019. China hosted the Winter Olympics under strict health protocols in February, but almost every other international sporting event in the country this year has been cancelled or postponed.

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/> «As a global sport we continue to manage the impacts of the pandemic,» ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said. «Event cancellations are an unfortunate reality, and we wish our affected