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World No.2 Simona Halep withdraws from US Open, citing coronavirus concerns – Wide World of Sports
Another Aussie also announces exit
Wimbledon champion Simona Halep will skip the US Open, saying she is putting her health first and prefers to stay in Europe during the coronavirus pandemic.
Halep, a former top-ranked player who is currently No.2, won the title in Prague on Sunday.
“After weighing up all the factors involved and with the exceptional circumstances in which we are living, I have decided that I will not travel to New York to play the us open,” Halep wrote on Twitter. “I always said I would put my health at the he…
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