The WTA Tour will follow its usual schedule for most of 2021 despite the coronavirus pandemic, after organisers on Tuesday announced an updated calendar, which takes the season through to Wimbledon in July.
Having previously announced the first seven weeks of the season, this latest update details the schedule for the next 20 weeks of 2021.
The season starts on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, before players travel to Australia. Following Abu Dhabi this week, there will be two events in Melbourne in the run-up to the Australian Open.
The major change so far is the absence of the Indian Wells tournament, jointly held with the ATP which was postponed last month from its usual March date, while the Australian Open was delayed until February 8.
But other top-level events, including the Miami Open, Madrid Open and Italian Open, will all go ahead as usual.
“The current schedule reflects a traditional WTA Tour calendar for the majority of the season past mid-March,” the WTA said in a…