FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Australian Open - Second Round, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 23, 2020 Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko during the match against Switzerland's Belinda Bencic. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
(Reuters) - Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko is the latest player to withdraw from the U.S. Open, organisers of the tennis Grand Slam confirmed on Monday.
The 23-year-old, who won her only major in 2017 at Roland Garros but has slipped to No. 42 in the world rankings, last played on the WTA Tour in February at the Qatar Open where she reached the last 16.
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