American Danielle Collins has been dismissed from the World Team Tennis event in West Virginia for breaking Covid-19 protocols.
One of only a few live sports events allowing fans in the United States to attend amid the coronavirus pandemic, the entire three-week regular season of the WTT is being held at the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia.
"We have dismissed Danielle Collins ... for the remainder of the 2020 World Team Tennis season after breaking our Covid-19 protocols and leaving the Greenbrier Resort and the state of West Virginia," WTT chief executive Carlos Silva said in a statement.
"The protocols have been put in place and communicated numerous times to protect the health and safety of our players, coaches and staff which are of utmost importance to WTT."
The organisers did not provide details about the travel undertaken by the 26-year-old Collins, who made the semi-finals of the 2019 Australian Open.
Collins last month criticised Novak Djokovic after the men's world number one said it would be "impossible" to play this year's US Open under Covid-19 protocols proposed by organisers.
Multiple Grand Slam winners Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters, who is making a comeback to professional tennis, are among the top draws in the innovative mixed-gender league.
Frances Tiafoe, who reached the quarter-finals at the 2019 Australian Open, was forced to drop out of the WTT events after testing positive for Covid-19 while playing at the All-American Team Cup exhibition tournament in Atlanta.
