ST PETERSBURG (Florida): World No 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne will take a couple of weeks off as she battles a virus similar to glandular fever, the WTA Tour announced on Friday.
The Belgian tennis star withdrew from this week’s tournament in Charleston, South Carolina, and has since undergone medical tests in her homeland “which confirm that she has a virus similar to mononucleosis,” a WTA release said, referring to the viral illness also known as glandular fever.
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