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French Open tennis is going ahead with crowds despite France’s coronavirus crisis. Here’s why – ABC News
Tournament organisers are proceeding with plans to allow up to 1,000 fans a day to attend Roland Garros as France experiences a surge in coronavirus infections. Here’s what they’re dealing with.
The French Open tennis tournament starts tonight in Paris amid a worsening coronavirus crisis in France, where new cases of COVID-19 are peaking at around 16,000 a day.
Tournament organisers were hoping to stage the event with thousands of spectators but had their plans scuppered at the last minute, with the French Government limiting crowd numbers to 1,000 a day.
The tournament could still open a can of worms.
Here’s what they’re dealing with.
Isn’t the French Open usually held in May?
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