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Australian Nick Kyrgios pulls out of 2020 US Open due to coronavirus pandemic – The Guardian
Kyrgios urges fellow tennis professionals to work together to keep each other safe
Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the US Open because of coronavirus concerns in a blow to the New York grand slam.
The outspoken Australian tennis star on Sunday cited health and safety issues amid the Covid-19 pandemic as he joined world No.1 Ashleigh Barty in opting out of the Flushing Meadows major.
I will not be playing this year at the US Open, Kyrgios said.
It hurts me at my core not to be out there competing in one of the sports greatest arenas, Arthur Ashe Stadium.
But Im sitting out …
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