Organisers of the 2021 Rio Open in Brazil mentioned the ATP tournament wouldn’t happen due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Due to the continued uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, the Rio Open will not take place in 2021,” organisers tweeted on Thursday.
“The 8th edition of the biggest tennis tournament in South America will now be held in February 2022.”
Due to the continued uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, the Rio Open is not going to happen in 2021. The eighth version of the largest tennis tournament in South America will now be held in February 2022.
— Rio Open (@RioOpenOficial) April 1, 2021
The tournament was initially scheduled for February and postponed due to the well being disaster, DPA studies.
“We fought to the end to be able to hold the event in 2021, but unfortunately it was not possible,” tournament director Luiz Carvalho mentioned in a press release.
Brazil is without doubt one of the hardest hit international locations on the planet by the pandemic. Only the United States has recorded a better variety of infections and deaths.
Brazil has been usually breaking its personal day by day file for coronavirus deaths. The Health Ministry on Wednesday introduced a brand new file of three,869 deaths in 24 hours, breaking the file of three,780 set the day prior to this.
The nation handed the grim milestone of three,000 day by day Covid-19 associated deaths for the primary time per week earlier.
The full demise toll within the nation now stands at 321,515, whereas greater than 12.7 million instances of coronavirus have been confirmed.
(With IANS inputs)
