Romanian women’s world No 2 Simona Halep hopes to take part in August’s Palermo Open, the first WTA event to be held after the shutdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, she said on Sunday.

“I have not yet made a clear decision but I hope to start with Palermo,” 2019 Wimbledon champion Halep told reporters in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca before her return to the court after a four-and-a-half-month absence...

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