Halep could pull out of Rio because of Zika fears


Romania's Simona Halep celebrates after winning her match against Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova REUTERS/Tony O'Brien

LONDON (Reuters) - Romania's top tennis player Simona Halep could pull out of the Rio Olympics because she is "very worried" about the effects of the Zika virus.

"I have to research this virus because it's not easy (to get all the information)," Halep, a runner-up at the French Open in 2014, told Reuters in an interview after reaching the second round at Wimbledon on Monday.

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