The French Open with Spectators: Good or Bad Idea? – Match Points excerpt
The Match Points panel sit down to discuss the decision and the potential problems the officials could run into as the tournament is right around the corner and France is seeing an uptick in positive cases in COVID-19.
September 21, 2020
Roland-Garros decided to allow spectators into the matches, but had to walk it back to only 5,000 in Court Philippe-Chatrier. The Match Points panel sit down to discuss the decision and the potential problems the officials could run into as the tournament is right around the corner and France is seeing an uptick in positive cases in COVID-19.
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