ATP and WTA cancel China events for 2020, including Shenzhen Finals

The world's two main tennis governing bodies canceled all of their remaining tournaments in China for this year on Friday, announcing the decision within minutes of each other.

Altogether four ATP tournaments and seven WTA tournaments were scraped for the remaining 2020 season, including those which have become tennis flagship events over the years in the country such as the Rolex Shanghai Masters, the China Open in Beijing, as well as the WTA Finals Shenzhen.

The cancellation was made following a plan issued by the General Administration of Sport, China's highest sporting body two weeks ago, which says no international sports event except for the trial events for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics would be held in 2020.

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