NEW YORK: Former US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova withdrew from this year’s tournament on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) citing concerns over the Covid-19 outbreak. The 35-year-old Russian, who won the first of her two career Grand Slam titles at ...
Former US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova withdrew from this year’s tournament on Monday citing concerns over the Covid-19 outbreak.
“Due to the unfavorable situation due to coronavirus…I made the difficult decision for myself to refuse to participate,” Kuznetsova said in a post on her Instagram page.The world No. 32 will also miss the ATP/WTA Western and Southern Open, which is being played in New York this year instead of Cincinnati as a warm-up event for the August 31 to September 13 Open.
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