Defending women’s champion joins list of absenteesWild card Jack Draper faces No 1 seed Novak DjokovicSimona Halep, the defending
Wimbledon women’s champion, has withdrawn from the championships just before the draw because of a calf injury. The world No 3 joins Naomi Osaka,
Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem in missing the tournament.
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The 29-year-old Romanian, who defeated
Serena Williams in the final two years ago, tore her left calf muscle in May and was also forced to miss the
French Open.