Fans back for team tennis

REIGNING Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin and 2017 US Open winner Sloane Stephens will compete in a 2020 World TeamTennis season at a mountain resort with spectators.

The nine-team US circuit will be played at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, from July 12-August 2.

With the WTA and ATP tours shut down until August due to COVID-19, the WTT will be the first pro tennis circuit to resume after the global outbreak of the virus.

The WTT plans at least three matches a day in front of up to 500 fans at the resort’s 2500-seat outdoor stadium.

Kenin will play for the Philadelphia Freedoms, while Stephens will compete for the expansion Chicago Smash.