Yesterday, several sections started suspending junior, league, and tournament play, and today, USTA National has made a statement suspending all sanctioned activity through April 20.
It is interesting that they state that the National Tennis Center and National Campus will remain open, players may continue to use the facilities and play, but group activities will be limited in number of participants.
If they aren't closing facilities, why not let league matches continue? These have anywhere from 12-16 players which isn't that many, but I'm guessing having league matches continue might put pressure on players that might not want to play, to do so.
Looking on the bright side, all those courts used for league, tournament, and junior matches just got freed up! If you do want to play and take appropriate precautions, you still can.
Update: See this link for more information. I am also told this applies to all sections and is effective immediately, look for communications from sections shortly.
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