Belinda Bencic, a semi-finalist in last year's U.S. Open and currently ranked #8 in the world, announced that she will be withdrawing from this year's tournament. Although she did not specifically say so, it is obvious to everyone that the reason was due to COVID19 concerns.
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| Belinda Bencic |
Photo Credit: Tatiana from Moscow, Russia / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)
Bencic is one of 3 semi-finalists from last year who will not play. The others are #5 Elina Svitolina and #6 Bianca Andreescu, who made history by winning the event last year in her first attempt.
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