U.S. Open will start on time after Irene
Posted August 28, 2011 1:55 pm.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The U.S. Tennis Association says the site of the U.S. Open has “minimal damage” from Tropical Storm Irene and the aim is to begin the Grand Slam tournament on time.
In a posting on the tournament website Sunday, the USTA says workers are preparing the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center for a scheduled 11 a.m. start Monday.
The USTA says it is in contact with New York City officials about mass transit, road conditions “and the ability to start the event on Monday.”
Irene made landfall in New York as a tropical storm with 104-kilometre-per-hour winds, not the 160 km/h hurricane that had churned up the East Coast.
