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Alexei Popyrin pulls out of US Open, joining Ash Barty, Nick Kyrgios and other tennis stars on sidelines – ABC News
Twenty-year-old Alexei Popyrin will not play the US Open starting next month, while world number five Elina Svitolina and seventh-ranked Kiki Bertens are out of the women’s draw.
Alexei Popyrin is the latest Australian tennis star to pull out of the US Open due to concerns about coronavirus.
Popyrin made a run to the third round of this year’s Australian Open after a breakout 2019, during which he cracked the top 100 for the first time.
The 20-year-old world number 103 joins Nick Kyrgios and women’s world number one Ash Barty in withdrawing from the major, which is set to start on September 1.
The event will also be without men’s world number two Rafael Nadal, due to …
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