TOKYO (Reuters) - The women's competition at the Japan Open tennis tournament has been cancelled to conserve electricity but the country's two biggest events will go ahead as planned.
The tier one Pan Pacific Open tournament, beginning on September 25, would not be affected by the power-saving measures, organisers told Reuters on Friday.
The Japan Open men's tournament, headlined by world number one Rafa Nadal from October 3-9, will also go ahead as scheduled.
The Japan Women's Open in Osaka, which runs from October 10 will also go ahead, according to the WTA Tour.
"The women's event at the Japan Open, at the same time Nadal is in Tokyo, has been called off to save on electricity," the Pan Pacific Open's Atsuko Isoyama said.
"The Pan Pacific Open is set to go on as scheduled but we're currently looking at the available data and examining ways to cut down on the use of electricity."
Pulling the plug on the ITF-organised women's draw which traditionally runs alongside the WTA's Japan Open will slash the match schedule almost in half to around 60.
Sports events across Japan have been plunged into chaos since the deadly 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11 which devastated large swathes of the country's north-east.
The disaster left 28,000 people dead or missing, while the massive tsunami triggered by the quake knocked out a nuclear power plant some 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo.
The typhoon season in Japan often causes a backlog of matches at the Tokyo tennis events, forcing organisers to play night games under floodlights.
Workers have been working around the clock to prevent a Chernobyl-like meltdown, forcing the abandonment of major sports events across the country.
Professional baseball and soccer, Japan's two biggest spectator sports, postponed the start of their seasons and have been ordered to conserve energy amid the power crisis.
The world figure skating championships was the first casualty of the disaster, being moved from Tokyo to Moscow, while the Japanese capital faces being ditched as the host venue for the world gymnastics championships in October.
The tier one Pan Pacific Open tournament, beginning on September 25, would not be affected by the power-saving measures, organisers told Reuters on Friday.
The Japan Open men's tournament, headlined by world number one Rafa Nadal from October 3-9, will also go ahead as scheduled.
The Japan Women's Open in Osaka, which runs from October 10 will also go ahead, according to the WTA Tour.
"The women's event at the Japan Open, at the same time Nadal is in Tokyo, has been called off to save on electricity," the Pan Pacific Open's Atsuko Isoyama said.
"The Pan Pacific Open is set to go on as scheduled but we're currently looking at the available data and examining ways to cut down on the use of electricity."
Pulling the plug on the ITF-organised women's draw which traditionally runs alongside the WTA's Japan Open will slash the match schedule almost in half to around 60.
Sports events across Japan have been plunged into chaos since the deadly 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11 which devastated large swathes of the country's north-east.
The disaster left 28,000 people dead or missing, while the massive tsunami triggered by the quake knocked out a nuclear power plant some 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo.
The typhoon season in Japan often causes a backlog of matches at the Tokyo tennis events, forcing organisers to play night games under floodlights.
Workers have been working around the clock to prevent a Chernobyl-like meltdown, forcing the abandonment of major sports events across the country.
Professional baseball and soccer, Japan's two biggest spectator sports, postponed the start of their seasons and have been ordered to conserve energy amid the power crisis.
The world figure skating championships was the first casualty of the disaster, being moved from Tokyo to Moscow, while the Japanese capital faces being ditched as the host venue for the world gymnastics championships in October.
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