PALERMO: Almost five months after the tennis season ground to a halt following the global coronavirus outbreak, the WTA Tour will restart on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) with a low-key but closely-monitored event in Palermo.

The tournament in Sicily, which comes just weeks before the US Open and Roland Garros double-header, has already lost top seed Simona Halep to lingering health concerns while an unnamed player withdrew from qualifying after testing positive for Covid-19.

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