World number two Simona Halep of Romania will not travel to New York to play at the US Open due to COVID-19 issues, she said monday, leaving the women’s draw in the Grand Slam tournament without six of the 10 most sensible players in the world. Halep joined world number one Ash Barty, protective champion Bianca Andreescu, Elina Svitolina, Kiki Bertens and Belinda Bencic skipping the occasion at Flushing Meadows.
For more data on coronavirus, stop at our compromised page. “After spending all the points in question and with the exceptional cases we live in, I’m not going to move to New York to play at the US Open,” said Halep, the current Wimbledon. champion, he wrote on Twitter.
“I said I will put my fitness at the heart of my resolution, so I prefer to stay and exercise in Europe. I know that the USTA and WTA have worked tirelessly to organize a safe occasion and I wish everyone a success in the tournament. “. Halep, 28, won the Prague Open this weekend, his first time since the COVID-19 pandemic stopped tennis in March, and said he would announce his resolve to play at the US Open on Monday.
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The United States has become the world’s largest hot spot for the new coronavirus, recording more than 5. 4 million cases and more than 170,000 deaths, according to a Reuters count. The US Open, which will begin on August 31, will be played behind closed doors. and in Halep’s absence there is another blow to the organizers after a wave of retreats: world number two and current male champion Rafa Nadal has made the decision to skip the tournament, while five-time winner Roger Federer takes the rest of the year to recover from his knee. Kei Nishikori of Japan said Sunday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and withdrew from Western