7 Oct 2020

ASB Classic called off for 2021

From Morning Report, 7:55 am on 7 October 2020

A tournament that helped to put New Zealand tennis on the international map is off.

January's ASB Classic tennis tournament in Auckland has been cancelled due to complications running the event amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Quarantine restrictions were just one of the hurdles organisers weren't able to overcome.

Tennis commentator Belinda Cordwell was the most successful New Zealand woman at the tournament, coming runner-up in 1989, speaks to Corin Dann.