No. 5 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, a 2019 U.S. Open semifinalist, and No. 7 Kiki Bertens of Netherlands wrote on social media Friday that they won’t be in New York.
They join a growing list of absentees that already included the No. 1-ranked woman, Ash Barty, the defending men’s champion, Rafael Nadal, and others such as Stan Wawrinka and Nick Kyrgios.
Bertens cited concerns about needing to quarantine when returning to Europe for clay-court tournaments in Rome and Paris that are scheduled for after the U.S.