An unidentified US Open participant has examined constructive for Covid-19 and withdrawn on the eve of the Grand Slam showdown in New York, the US Tennis Affiliation introduced Sunday. The asymptomatic participant, named by L’Equipe newspaper as world quantity 22 Benoit Paire from France, has been suggested to observe state and match well being and security protocols requiring isolation for at the least 10 days. Contact tracing has been initiated to find out if anybody else should quarantine for 14 days on account of being across the participant concerned.
The shocker comes after gamers have been working towards and enjoying a tuneup occasion, the ATP and WTA Western and Southern Open often staged in Cincinnati, in the identical quarantine bubble the place the US Open begins Monday with out spectators.
Paire, 31, made his first Grand Slam fourth spherical in 2015 on the US Open and that continues to be stage for his deepest Slam run.
Paire, the 17th seed, is ready to play his first US Open match in opposition to Poland’s 108th-ranked Kamil Majchrzak.
USTA officers aren’t anticipated to verify any particular person participant’s take a look at outcomes underneath US medical privateness legal guidelines.
World primary Novak Djokovic is the person to beat as he chases an 18th Grand Slam title and fourth crown on the New York hardcourts after 2011, 2015 and 2018.
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Serena Williams will try to seize her 24th profession Grand Slam girls’s singles crown to match the all-time document set by Margaret Court docket.
Djokovic and Japan’s Naomi Osaka, whose standing is doubtful resulting from a left hamstring damage that compelled her to drag out of Saturday’s WTA New York ultimate, are each scheduled to play in Monday evening’s characteristic matches.
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