World number one Simona Halep withdrew from the WTA Finals in Singapore with a back injury on Thursday, bringing her season to a premature end.
Florida [United States], Oct18 (ANI): After withdrawing from the ongoing Kremlin Cup, Romanian tennis star Simona Halep has now pulled out of the upcoming WTA Finals due to a back injury.
Florida [United States], Oct16 (ANI): Romanian tennis star Simona Halep has pulled out of the ongoing Kremlin Cup due to a back injury.
Romania's world number one Simona Halep on Tuesday withdrew from the Kremlin Cup, a joint WTA and ATP event, due to concerns over an ongoing back injury.
Further down the rankings, Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic climbed seven places up to the 33rd, after reaching the China Open quarter-finals.
World number one Simona Halep's campaign at the ongoing China Open ended as she had to retire owing to a back injury during her first round match against Ons Jabeur of Tunisia on Sunday.
Romania's Simona Halep continued to lead Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday, ahead of Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki.
Venus's seven Grand Slam titles include a victory over Serena in the 2001 US Open final.
Top seed Simona Halep's US Open campaign was cut short in the first round after losing to Kaia Kanepi, who needed just two sets to score the first big upset of the season's last Grand Slam at 6-2, 6-4.
Halep's position will be taken by Swiss Belinda Bencic, who will face Italian Camila Giorgi.
Dutch challenger Kiki Bertens profited from a third-set collapse from Simona Halep to score the biggest win of her career Sunday, beating the world number one 2-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-2 in the Cincinnati final.
Wimbledon Day 6 promises to be another action filled day as Men's No.2 seed Rafael Nadal and Women's No. 1 seed Simona Halep will be playing their matches.
Wimbledon 2018 matches begin from 11.30am GMT (5.00 pm IST) onwards. Timings (in IST) of top matches to be played on the Day 4 of Wimbledon 2018 are given.
Wimbledon day 1 results saw several shocking exits with Sloane Stephens, Grigor Dimitrov and Elina Svitolina bowing out in the first round.
Halep, who had lost the last three major finals, won the match 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in just over two hours. The Romanian was outclassed in the first set by Stephens, but recovered well to win the second set.
Simona Halep vs Sloane Stephens French Open 2018 Final Live Streaming and Telecast.
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World number one Rafael Nadal will continue his quest for record 11th French Open title, when he crosses swords with Diego Schwartzman in the quarter-finals of the men's singles event here on Wednesday.
