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It’s goodbye Montreal WTA tournament until 2021

Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova celebrates winning in a past match. [Reuters]

The Montreal WTA tournament, one of the key build-up events ahead of the US Open, was axed on Saturday evening and will not be played until 2021, officials said.

The event, scheduled for August 7-16, had been in jeopardy after Quebec Province requested that all sporting and cultural events be cancelled through August 31 as a means of slowing the spread of the coronavirus.

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