Dylan Bettencourt
I-United States Tennis Association (i-USTA) isimemezele ukuthi i-US Open izoba nezinsiza zempilo yezengqondo kubadlali kulo mqhudelwano.
I-USTA ithe bonke abazoncintisana bazokwazi ukuthola uhlelo olunzulu lwezinsizakalo zezokwelashwa olubandakanya ukwesekwa kwezempilo yengqondo namakamelo angena msindo.
“Abantu abaningi, kubalwa nabadlali, balwa nengcindezi nemizwa eye yavela ngenxa ye-COVID-19,” kusho uMqondisi we-US Open Tournament uStacey Allaster.
Lo mqhudelwano umcimbi wokugcina we-Grand Slam wonyaka wethenisi.
Isilomo sethenisi uNaomi Osaka uphakamise ukukhathazeka ngempilo yengqondo ngesikhathi se-France Open yalo nyaka ngenkathi ejeziswa ngokusho ukuthi uzizwa ekhathazekile ngenkathi ekhuluma phambi kwabezindaba.
Kamuva le ntokazi eneminyaka engama-23 yathi ihlushwe yizigaba zokudangala iminyaka eminingana.
U-Osaka ube esephuma kulo mqhudelwano, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi abahleli bavuma ukuthi bebengakwazi ukusisingatha kangcono lesi simo.
Umpetha we-US gymnast uSimone Biles naye ubesanda kuvela obala ngezinkinga ezihlobene nempilo yengqondo. Owaqopha umlando ngokuthola izindondo zegolide uphume emincintiswaneni eminingana yama-Olimpiki ase-Tokyo angowezi-2020, ethi udinga isikhathi sokugxila empilweni yakhe yengqondo.
UBrian Hainline, oyiPhini lokuqala likaMengameli we-USTA, uthe unethemba lokuthi lesi sinyathelo sizothuthukisa ukutholakala kwezinsizakalo zokuxhaswa kwempilo yezengqondo.
“Inhloso yethu ukuthi izinsizakalo zempilo yezengqondo zitholakale kalula kubasubathi njengezinsizakalo zeqakala elikhubazekile – futhi ngaphandle kokucwaswa,” kusho uHainline.
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