Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 10, 2017 Romania’s Simona Halep in action during the final against Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko Reuters / Benoit Tessier
(Reuters) - French Open runner-up Simona Halep was awarded a wildcard entry to feature at the Aegon International in Eastbourne next week, organisers said on Thursday.
Eastbourne will be Halep's first grass court tournament ahead of Wimbledon after she pulled out of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham due to an ankle injury last week. Wimbledon starts on July 3.
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