Top seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Timea Babos have been withdrawn from the US Open women’s doubles because of coronavirus restrictions in New York.
Mladenovic, 27, has been told to quarantine after being in close contact with fellow French player Benoit Paire, who tested positive for coronavirus.
She has already played two singles matches and a doubles match this week.
But the US Tennis Association said the quarantine now prevented her moving from her hotel to Flushing Meadows.
Mladenovic and Hungary’s Babos were due to play Canadian-American pair Gabriela Dabrowski and Alison Riske in the second round on Saturday.
Their match was cancelled after public health officials in Nassau County – the part of New York state where the players are staying – issued a quarantine notice on those who have been in close contact with Paire. (BBC)
