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Covid-19: Why players will cool down until August

Serena Williams of the US rests during a break in her women's singles match against Romania's Simona Halep on day eight of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 21, 2019. [Photo by William WEST / AFP]

ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said on Thursday that he remained optimistic the tennis season could resume in August but warned that not being able to play again this year was a possibility due to the coronavirus.

"Nobody knows when we can go back to playing in total safety: talking about August, September, November is all hypothetical, we can't bang our heads against the wall for something that maybe won't even happen because we could even start next year," Gaudenzi said.

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