Simona Halep withdraws from Wimbledon

Defending Wimbledon women’s champion Simona Halep of Romania on Friday announced her withdrawn from this year’s Wimbledon due a calf injury.

It is with great sadness that I’m announcing my withdrawal from The Championships as my calf injury has not fully recovered, Simona said on the Wimbledon website.

The 29-year-old world No 3 player, who won the Wimbledon in 2019 — the event was cancelled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic — suffered a tear in her left calf during her second-round match against Germany’s Angelique Kerber at the Italian Open in Rome in mid-May. She was also forced to withdraw from the French Open following that injury.

‘I gave it everything I had in order to be ready to play Wimbledon and after having such special memories from two years ago, I was excited and honoured to step back on these beautiful courts as defending champion,’ she said. ‘Unfortunately, my body didn’t cooperate and I’ll have to save that feeling for next year.’

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