Defending Champion Halep Withdraws From
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THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU Q SATURDAY Q JUNE 26, 2021 11 Defending champion Halep withdraws Will Australia leave out Maxwell, from Wimbledon with injury Stoinis for T20 World Cup? NEW DELHI, JUNE changed ... it was just NEW DEHLI, JUNE Japanese also skipping 25: Australia limited-overs bloody blurry. In the day- 25: Defending champion Wimbledon following her skipper Aaron Finch on Fri- time it wasn't as notice- Simona Halep pulled out withdrawal from Roland day said several short-for- able, at night it was more of Wimbledon on Friday Garros due to mental mat players have a 'very real- noticeable, especially play- after failing to recover health issues. istic' chance of being ing in Dubai where the from a calf injury she suf- In their absence, Belaru- overlooked for T20 World lighting isn't as good as fered last month, the world sian Aryna Sabalenka will Cup selection after opting what we've got in Aus- number three Romanian climb up to be the number out of the upcoming tours of tralia."I just noticed it said. two seed behind top- West Indies and more then, (my eyesight) In May Halep exited the ranked Australian Ash Bangladesh. wasn't very sharp, and claycourt event in Rome Barty with the singles draw Seven cricketers -- David there were little halos after suffering a calf injury for both men and women Warner, Pat Cummins, around lights and a bit of a during her second-round to be held later on Friday. Glenn Maxwell, Jhye trail on the ball." match against Angelique "I can honestly say that Richardson, Kane Richard- "I tried contact (lenses), Kerber and was subse- I'm really down and upset "I gave it everything I have to save that feeling for son, Marcus Stoinis and and couldn't get them right quently forced to miss the about having to take this good international perfor- Chairman of selectors had in order to be ready to next year." Daniel Sams -- who recently … they just wouldn't sit French Open. decision," Halep added. mances. So yeah, ab- Trevor Hohns had also play Wimbledon and after Halep was denied a played in the IPL have right in my eye." "It is with great sadness "This period has been dif- solutely, there's going to be hinted that there is no having such special mem- chance to defend her title pulled out of the twin tours, He said he underwent that I'm announcing my ficult but to miss the last opportunities for guys to guarantee that some of the ories from two years ago, I when Wimbledon was can- while Steve Smith has been the surgery after returning withdrawal from The two majors has made it put their hand up and take IPL returnees who have was excited and honoured celled last year due to the rested to fully recover from from the New Zealand tour Championships as my calf even more challenging spots," he was quoted as as opted out of the squad for to step back on these beau- COVID-19 pandemic. an elbow complaint which (in March). injury has not fully recov- mentally and physically. saying by cricket.au.com. the white-ball tours of tiful courts as defending She joins world number flared during the BCCI's "We thought that was the ered," the 29-year-old, "We will see what the fu- Australia will on Monday West Indies and champion. two Naomi Osaka in with- high-profile T20 tourna- best time to be able to get who won the title when ture holds but I'm hoping fly out to the Caribbean for Bangladesh would get an "Unfortunately, my body drawing from the grass- ment. it done. It was about a Wimbledon was last held it will make me a stronger the July 10-25 tour with an automatic spot in the T20 didn't cooperate and I'll court Grand Slam with the Finch said the absentees three-week process and it in 2019, said on Instagram. person and athlete." are in genuine danger of 18-man squad short of up World Cup. was really smooth." missing out on the show- to seven frontline T20I Finch also said he had With much of Australia's piece event in October-No- players. experienced 'blurry vision' upcoming cricket set to be vember as others stake their Finch last week said it during last year's IPL in the played at night, Finch said 'WTC triumph will take a couple claims. had been a 'long-term plan' UAE and had a surgery on the true results of his "Yeah, very realistic (to for all-format stars Warner his left eye recently. surgery will be borne out. miss out on T20 World and Cummins, both So far, the surgery has "I'm seeing them pretty Cup). You have to go on cur- among Australia's highest- been a success, yet the 34- good (now). I've only being of weeks to sink in' paid IPL players, to miss year-old believes the true rent form, and you pick hitting them indoors on NEW DELHI, JUNE guys who are playing well. the 10 T20Is and three indication will come when hard wickets. It's all clear 25: New Zealand pacer For guys to be on this tour, ODIs in the Caribbean and playing under lights, which now, it seems really good. Tim Southee said their to get the first opportunity Bangladesh after that. Australia are set to do in all "I think the biggest test World Test Championship to really put their hand up But he termed the ab- eight of their fixtures in the will come in night matches, triumph will take at least a and take a spot is what it's sence of Maxwell, Jhye, Caribbean. that's when I noticed the couple of weeks to sink in. about," Finch said. Stoinis and Kane as "sur- "I noticed it during IPL. biggest difference in my New Zealand outclassed "It's tough to ignore really prising". One day it just sort of eyesight." India by eight wickets in the final in Southampton on Wednesday to be crowned the first-ever 'Golden opportunity' awaits World champions in Test cricket.For Southee, it was- n't just about 15 players in the current squad. Serena at Wimbledon "It is amazing to be part NEW DELHI, JUNE winner Halep. of this team. We have been 25: Opportunity knocks for Gauff made the French working for this (WTC final Serena Williams on the Open quarter-finals this win) for the last two years. grass courts of Wimbledon month and, even though Not only the 15 players but next week when she faces a her Wimbledon prepara- others probably in the last "We knew it was going to rienced guys among us who final was probably the diminished field on her best tions suffered a blip when 5-6 years (have con- be tough on the final day, are synonymous with this biggest occasion. We surface at the famous All she lost to Anastasija Sevas- tributed) to get us to where three results were possible team not only in the last played some really good then and the first hour to be two years but also probably cricket leading up to it." England Club. tova in a warm-up event on we are now. Williams, 39, continues "It is very special. We had crucial. But picking up the in the last 7-8 years. To On wicketkeeper BJ Wednesday, she is poised to two wickets in that period have them, it was very Watling, who announced her quest for a record- take the next step in her come very close to a few equalling 24th Grand Slam tournaments. It is yet to was crucial in the end," calming for the guys in the his retirement during the young career. Southee said in a video in- change room," said WTC final, Southee said, title but her inconsistency "She has developed her sink in and may take a cou- has left many to wonder if ple of weeks." terview released by New Southee who took five "He is a champion bloke skill set to another level dur- Zealand Cricket. wickets in the match. and he has given his best the hard-hitting American ing the clay court season," Southee believes that the has the mental and physical crucial wickets of India "I have never experi- Opener Tom Latham throughout his career. He Evert said. enced 139 runs taking so said it has been "a massive deserved to finish like this." strength to string together "She got better and better captain Virat Kohli and seven high quality matches. Cheteshwar Pujara on the long (to chase down) and ride" in the last two years. "He's been the heart and Williams. Pliskova, have yet to estab- with each tournament. I there was a lot of nervous "For me, to be involved in soul of this group, he's of- "That's the question think if her serve is on, she final day had set up his everybody's been asking," "This is to me her golden lish themselves as great side's triumph. energy in the change the 2015 and 2019 World ten been the guy who goes opportunity," Evert said. grass court players, Evert could very well get to the room." Cup, to come so close and unnoticed, he just goes former world number one second week, even make a India lost Kohli (13 off 29 and 18-time Grand Slam "If there was ever a year added.