Argentina's Guido Pella and Bolivia's Hugo Dellien could miss the US Open after being placed in quarantine for 14 days due to their fitness trainer testing positive for COVID-19.

players, including Romania's number two Simona Halep, have withdrawn due to safety concerns, but Serbia's Novak

Djokovic and American Serena Williams are both confirmed to play.Djokovic, a 17-time Grand Slam champion

Organisers of the US Open have insisted they are happy with the line-up for this year's tournament, despite a raft of high-profile withdrawals from the Grand Slam because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

year's women's semi-finalists to enter this year's competition.Williams and men's world number one Novak

Djokovic are among those to have confirmed their participation.Women's world number two Simona Halep

Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori's preparations for the upcoming US Open have been thrown into doubt after he tested positive for COVID-19.

two-time Grand Slam winner saying health was "at the heart" of her decision.Men's world number one Novak

Djokovic has committed to playing, but reigning champion Rafael Nadal will be absent.Players competing

Canada's Bianca Andreescu yesterday became the latest high-profile player to announce she would not compete at the US Open in New York City, with her absence meaning that the tournament will begin without both its reigning men’s and women’s singles champions for the first time since 2003.

be tempted to place an asterisk around the tournament due to the withdrawals.With world number one Novak

Djokovic confirmed as attending, the Serbian star will be considered the clear favourite in the men’

with both Nadal and Federer absent, albeit the latter through injury rather than the pandemic.Should Djokovic

While I am sure it would not bother Djokovic in the slightest, I could imagine some of his detractors

Andreescu will not defend her title after withdrawing from the tournament, but men's world number one Novak

Djokovic has confirmed he intends to play.

women's champions from 2019 will not defend their titles as Rafael Nadal has already withdrawn.However, Djokovic

will be in action in New York.World number three Dominic Thiem is yet to win a Grand Slam, whereas Djokovic

has 17 titles to his name and has won the US Open three times before.Novak Djokovic is poised to attempt

Djokovic and his wife Jelena both tested positive for COVID-19 soon after his ill-fated Adria Tour was

halted in June.Before that, Djokovic had criticised proposed safety measures for the US Open as "extreme

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has announced that its fan experience initiative has raised more than $225,000 (£172,000/€191,000) to help members of its Coach Programme affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

special prize draw and will claim a collection of signed rackets from Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak

Djokovic and Murray – which added another $8,000 (£6,100/€6,800) to the pool.Stan Wawrinka will meet

Australian Nick Kyrgios, China's Wang Qiang and 2017 French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko have joined the growing list of tennis players to withdraw from the US Open due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Open taking place, but called on tennis players to work together throughout the pandemic.He referenced Novak

, which was scheduled to take place in four nations in the Balkans in June.After a leg in Belgrade, Djokovic

open to spectators, was cancelled after a number of cases in Zadar in Croatia.Men's world number one Djokovic

Australia's world number one Ashleigh Barty has decided to miss next month’s US Open because of fears over the risk of contracting COVD-19 if she travels to the event in New York City.

 On the men's side, Serbia's world number one Novak Djokovic and defending Spain's US Open champion

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has had a fine second week of Wimbledon, despite no matches being played at the Grand Slam event this year.

In ordinary circumstances we would have probably spent most of the day watching, in all likelihood, Novak

Djokovic scuttling from one side of centre court to another to return a seemingly unreturnable shot.While

the competitions to take place with the fallout from positive tests at the Adria Tour organised by Novak

Djokovic and All-Team America Cup tournament serving as potential warnings.Clearly players and fans

The director of the French Open has said problems at the ill-fated Adria Tour were caused by organisers being "overconfident".

Guy Forget believes the hosting of the tournament, organised by world number one Novak Djokovic, was

a disaster and asked for caution in future.Serbia's Djokovic was one of many tennis stars to test positive

the Adria Tour, which was scheduled to travel to four nations in the Balkans.After a leg in Belgrade, Djokovic

Novak Djokovic has tested negative for coronavirus nine days after the world number one returned a positive

The Serbian star and his wife Jelena was confirmed to have tested positive on June 23.It followed Djokovic

Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena tested negative for COVID-19, as the most recent test they took in

Croatia’s Borna Ćorić were among players to have tested positive after competing at the events.Novak Djokovic

Serbian town of Novi Pazar, which has seen numerous coronavirus cases.The donation, made through the Novak

Djokovic Foundation, adds to €1 million (£900,000/$1.1 million) given by Djokovic and his wife in May

Andy Murray has warned that the re-arranged tennis season is unsafe for players if they choose to enter every major event.

 "This decision is totally against players like Rafa and Novak Djokovic."  

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has welcomed the decision to hold a wheelchair competition at this year's US Open.

year's event ©Getty ImagesSome of the world's top men's tennis players, including Roger Federer and Novak

Djokovic, lent their support to calls for wheelchair tennis to be restored to the schedule."

basketball player Nikola Jokić has tested positive for coronavirus after embracing infected tennis legend Novak

Djokovic at an event in Belgrade two weeks ago.

the United States with the season expected to resume around July 31.It comes after world number one Djokovic

for COVID-19 antibodies last week, and believes he had the virus in March.pic.twitter.com/vR18zKhtL8— Novak

Djokovic (@DjokerNole) June 23, 2020Jokić is a two-time NBA All-Star and was part of the Serbian team

the virus and had previously stated compulsory vaccinations could hinder his return to tennis.Jelena Djokovic

 After the Belgrade event, the first in the Tour, Djokovic, a 17-time Grand Slam champion, and a

Organisers of the US Open tennis tournament have made a U-turn and announced wheelchair competitions will take place as part of the Grand Slam.

the mixed doubles tournament.Some of the world's top men's tennis players including Roger Federer and Novak

Djokovic lent their support to calls for wheelchair tennis to be restored to the US Open programme.Following