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(Reuters) - The WTA announced a provisional
calendar for the women's tour on Tuesday with events lined up
until the Wimbledon championships in June-July.
The sport's governing body had previously announced the first
seven weeks of the tour, starting with the season-opening WTA
500 event in Abu Dhabi from Thursday.
Apart from the three Grand Slams -- Australian Open (starting
Feb. 8), French Open (May 23) and Wimbledon (June 28) -- the
first half of the year will have four WTA 1000 events in Dubai
and Miami (both in March), Madrid (April) and Rome (May).
Other WTA 500 events on the schedule
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include Doha and St Petersburg (March) and Charleston and
Stuttgart (April).
The rebranded Fed Cup, now known as the Billie Jean King Cup, is
scheduled to start on April 12.
However, there is no new date announced for the prestigious BNP
Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, often called the
"fifth major" and usually held in March, which was postponed
last week due to COVID-19 concerns.
The 2020 edition of the tournament was the first major
professional sporting event in the United States cancelled in
the wake of the pandemic, on the eve of its scheduled start.
The WTA also said it has yet to decide on the dates for its
season-ending WTA Finals in Shenzhen, China after last year's
edition was cancelled due to the pandemic.
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian
Radnedge)
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