MOSCOW, February 24 Negotiations with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) on The change in the status of the tournament in St. Petersburg caused its postponement, according to the official website of the organizers of the competition. On Wednesday, it became known that the ATP moved the competition from St. Petersburg to Nur-Sultan. The ATP 250 category tournament in the capital of Kazakhstan will be held from 19 to 25 September. Earlier, a source said that the reason for the postponement was not related to the sanctions against Russia, which recognized the sovereignty of the DPR and LPR. «Currently, together with the ATP, we are working to change the status of our St. Petersburg, the 25th Anniversary St. Petersburg Open tournament was successfully held, and the ATP granted it temporary ATP 500 status. professionals is not ready to coordinate the two annual men's ATP series tournaments in St. Petersburg. That is why, as a first step towards the new status of the St. Petersburg Open, the 38th week of the tennis calendar was transferred to our partners in Kazakhstan, «the statement says.
