Heat ends Halep’s run
World No. 2 Simona Halep retired with heat illness while 10th-ranked Milos Raonic's title drought reached 19 months Friday with a loss to Jack Sock at the ATP and WTA Citi Open.
Published : Aug 05, 2017 01:53 IST
World No. 2 Simona Halep retired with heat illness at the WTA Citi Open on Friday.
A day after complaining that severe heat left her feeling "a bit dead," French Open runner-up Halep quit her quarter-final match in even more scorching conditions, allowing Russian seventh seed Ekaterina Makarova to advance 2-6, 6-3, 1-0.
Top seed Halep broke Makarova three times to take the first set in 30 minutes, but the Russian battled back to win the second and broke Halep to open the third set when the Romanian said she could not continue.
Halep, who captured her 15th career WTA title in May at Madrid, is scheduled to defend her title next week at Toronto.