Tennis-Italian Open tennis to have spectators from last-16 onwards


  • Tennis
  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021

FILE PHOTO: ATP Masters 1000 - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - September 21, 2020 General view of Argentina's Diego Schwartzman in action during the final against Serbia's Novak Djokovic Clive Brunskill/Pool via REUTERS

ROME, Italy (Reuters) - This year's Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome will have 25% capacity crowds from the last-16 stage onwards, Sport Undersecretary Valentina Vezzali said on Tuesday.

The May 8-16 event will feature COVID-19 precautions such as social distancing, face masks and sanitisers.

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