{"id":2580,"date":"2020-08-10T20:15:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T18:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=2580"},"modified":"2020-08-10T20:15:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T18:15:58","slug":"barbora-strycova-bows-out-of-us-open-citing-coronavirus-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/barbora-strycova-bows-out-of-us-open-citing-coronavirus-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbora Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 bows out of US Open citing coronavirus concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Barbora Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 is the second Czech tennis player to withdraw from this year&#8217;s US Open grand slam due to coronavirus concerns. The world number two in doubles followed Barbora Krej\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1, who withdrew from the New York tournament last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organizers of the US Open announced the resignation of the 31st ranked singles player. Last year, the 34-year-old dropped out in Flushing Meadows in the first round, never reaching the third round. In doubles, she played the semifinals twice here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 and Krej\u010d\u00edk, three players from the world top ten withdrew from the US Open due to fears of COVID-19: number one Ashleigh Barty from Australia, number five Elina Svitolinov\u00e1 from Ukraine and number seven Kiki Bertens from the Netherlands. Former champion Sv\u011btlana Kuzn\u011bcovov\u00e1 from Russia also withdrew, the Spaniard Rafael Nadal will not come to defend the title in men&#8217;s singles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, the two best Czech tennis players are going overseas. Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 and Petra Kvitov\u00e1 confirmed that they want to play at the US Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1, Kvitov\u00e1, Mark\u00e9ta Vondrou\u0161ov\u00e1, Karol\u00edna Muchov\u00e1, Marie Bouzkov\u00e1, Siniakov\u00e1 and Krist\u00fdna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 from the Czech Republic remain in the competition. Tereza Martincov\u00e1 has a chance to participate from the position of substitute. Ji\u0159\u00ed Vesel\u00fd is in the men&#8217;s competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbora Str\u00fdcov\u00e1 is the second Czech tennis player to withdraw from this year&#8217;s US Open grand slam due to coronavirus concerns. The world number two in doubles followed Barbora Krej\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1, who withdrew from the New York tournament last week. The organizers of the US Open announced the resignation of the 31st ranked singles player. 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