The long-awaited resumption of the tennis season on August 3rd in Palermo is getting weaker by the day. After world number two Simona Halep withdrew from the WTA event that is ending a five-month hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Johanna Konta, who was supposed to be the second strongest player in the field, will also not travel to Italy this time, the decision she made public after Monday’s loss at the Battle of the Brits.
Playing her first match since March, the 14th-ranked Konta suffered a shock 6-4 6-3 loss to world No.