PARIS: Wimbledon runner-up Milos Raonic and women's world number five Simona Halep dealt the Olympics tennis tournament a double body blow Friday when they pulled out of Rio, citing health fears over the Zika virus.
Raonic, the world number seven from Canada who was defeated by Andy Murray in Sunday's Wimbledon final, said he had taken the decision "with a heavy heart."
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