High-seeded Italian Fabio Fognini was pressured to tug out of the ATP Sardegna Open on Wednesday after testing optimistic for coronavirus. “Guys, I’ve to let you know that this morning I examined optimistic for Covid-19,” the 33-year-old mentioned on Instagram. “The signs are very delicate, just a little cough and fever, headache … however sadly this unhealthy information has arrived. “I am already in isolation and I am satisfied that I’ll get better very quickly. I hug you all.”
Fognini, 33, had a first-round bye and was set to open within the second spherical in opposition to Spain’s Roberto Carballes Baena within the event performed on clay on the Italian island of Sardinia.
The world number 16 was changed by Croatian Danilo Petrovic.
Fognini and doubles accomplice Lorenzo Musetti misplaced their last-16 tie to fellow Italians Lorenzo Sonego and Andrea Vavassori on Tuesday, following a 15-13 third-set tiebreak in a match lasting greater than two hours.
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“All of the folks with whom Fognini was in direct contact had been positioned in preventive isolation and subjected to new swabs,” the Italian tennis federation mentioned in an announcement.
Fognini, who received the Monte Carlo Masters final 12 months, was out for six months this 12 months following surgical procedure to each ankles.
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