WASHINGTON: Women's world number five Elina Svitolina and Kiki Bertens, ranked seventh, on Friday joined a growing list of players withdrawing from this month's US Open due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The United States has close to 5 million cases of COVID-19 and almost 160,000 people have died, according to a Reuters tally. The US Open organisers are creating a bio-secure 'bubble' in New York to hold the tournament from Aug 31 without spectators. But concerns remain about whether players would face mandatory quarantines upon returning home from the US Open.Former world number one Andy Murray, who won the U.S. Open in 2012, said on Monday that players travelling to New York needed assurance that they would not face mandatory quarantines after returning to Europe.
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