Tennis: Japan players cast doubt on viability of tours amid pandemic
(WorldNews Japan)

As the world`s top pro tennis tours look to resume from August, Japan-based players are expressing concern about the viability of staging tournaments in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Yoshihito Nishioka, who is ranked 48th in the world on the men`s ATP tour, had been looking forward to competing in the U.S. Open, which will be held behind closed doors from Aug. 31 to Sept. 13 in New York. `If you have it under these circumstances, I think everyone is going to be exposed (to the coronavirus),` Nishioka said recently. Japan`s Yoshihito...