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Wednesday, Aug 13, 2025
Federer will not be at Flushing Meadows this year after he took the year off to recover from a knee surgery while defending champion Rafael Nadal joined a number of top seeds in refusing to travel to the US due to COVID-19 concerns.
Romanian Halep joined world No. 1 Ash Barty, defending champion Bianca Andreescu, Elina Svitolina, Kiki Bertens and Belinda Bencic in skipping the event at Flushing Meadows due to COVID-19 concerns.
Serena shook off some COVID-19 layoff rust to grind out a 7-6(6), 3-6, 7-6(0) win over Arantxa Rus to move into the third round of the Western and Southern Open.
Serena had to rally back from a set down and 4-2 final set deficit to prevail in a thrilling battle.
Women's world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Elina Svitolina and Kiki Bertens have already decided against playing in the US Open amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Bryans, 42, captured a professional era record 119 titles together, including 16 Grand Slams, 39 ATP Masters 1000s and the ATP Finals title four times.
His decision will come as good news for the US Open organisers after several high-profile players, including former winners Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka, pulled out over issues related to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
'These are challenging times for everyone and nobody should be left behind,' Federer wrote in a statement posted on Twitter.
The tournament, which was due to be held from May 24 to June 7, will be staged from September 20 to October 4, meaning it will start one week after the US Open and clash with many other hardcourt tournaments usually staged during that time.
Tennis players around the world have hit out at the lack of communication from the game's governing bodies in the wake of the French Open being moved to September from May because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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