World quantity three Halep, who additionally pulled out of this week’s Qatar Open in Doha, has not performed a aggressive match since shedding in straight units to Serena Williams within the Australian Open quarter-finals final month.
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PUBLISHED ON MAR 04, 2021 09:24 PM IST
Defending champion Simona Halep has withdrawn from subsequent week’s Dubai Tennis Championships with a decrease again grievance, organisers of the WTA 1000 match stated on Thursday.
World quantity three Halep, who additionally pulled out of this week’s Qatar Open in Doha, has not performed a aggressive match since shedding in straight units to Serena Williams within the Australian Open quarter-finals final month.
“Sadly I’m not feeling 100% in my decrease again, and I’ve made the powerful choice to withdraw from the 2021 Dubai Obligation Free Tennis Championships,” the 29-year-old Romanian, who additionally received the Dubai occasion in 2015, stated in an announcement.
“I’ve nice recollections from successful my twentieth WTA title after some actually powerful matches in Dubai final 12 months so I am dissatisfied that I will not be capable of defend my title.”
Halep follows world primary Ash Barty, who’s recovering from a leg harm, in skipping the Dubai occasion, which runs from March 7-13.
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