Romania’s Simona Halep in action during the final against Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - World number two Simona Halep has withdrawn from next week's Aegon Classic in Birmingham due to a right ankle injury, organisers said on Thursday.
Halep, the beaten finalist in the French Open last week, is the latest top player to pull out from the event after Czech world number three Karolina Pliskova opted to rest her injured elbow ahead of Wimbledon.
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