World number one Simona Halep withdrew from the WTA Connecticut Open with a leg injury, the day after losing the Cincinnati final to Kiki Bertens.<\/p>\n
The Romanian, who cited soreness in her right Achilles, said she still plans to take part in the upcoming US Open.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need to recover in time for the US Open,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
This would have been Halep\u2019s third tournament in as many weeks. She won the WTA Montreal event before being runner-up in Cincinnati, losing in three sets to Dutchwoman Bertens on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really wanted to play it and I saw that many fans bought tickets to see me here, but I feel very sore with my Achilles, and I need some rest,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had so many matches in the last two weeks, so it\u2019s tough. See you next year, and all the best.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old Halep will be replaced in the draw by lucky loser Belinda Bencic of Switzerland.<\/p>\n
American CoCo Vandeweghe also pulled out of the hardcourt tournament in New Haven on Sunday with a sore right ankle.<\/p>\n
In Monday action, two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova overpowered 2016 champion Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 7-6 (7\/3) and fourth-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic was knocked out by Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-1, 6-3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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