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Despite extensive security measures, just one day before the start of the US Open, Benoit Paire, a player, tested positive for Covid-19 (all info >>>).
The Frenchman was previously in the same place at the Masters 1000 tournament and shares his hotel in New York with a large number of professionals, so he came into contact with other players.
Austrian tennis ace Dominic Thiem, who is competing against Spaniard Jaume Munar at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday, is surprised the virus has reached the “bubble.” “I have no idea, the virus came by bus, it’s really strange,” Lower Austria told a news conference Sunday night in New York.
Leaving the “bubble” almost impossible
Thiem said they were staying at a different hotel as a couple. “With him there are only players, that’s worse than with us, with us there are also some normal people. Although we do not get in touch with them, we have our own entrance, our own elevator, floors. Where is Paire is absolutely nobody else, so it is very strange how it can happen that it is positive. “
Players cannot get out of the bubble. “If we go out, we’ll be disqualified. That’s extremely strict. Even if you wanted to, you had no way out.”
Organizers of the Grand Slam tournament announced Sunday that a player had tested positive for the corona virus. The “L’Equipe” reported that he was number 17 seeded. You have now been removed from the list of law enforcement officers. Paire had no longer been able to finish his first-round match at the New York Masters 1000 tournament against Croatian Borna Coric.
Infection chain “would suck”
The probability that with so many people involved in the tournament someone is positive is “of course very, very high,” said Thiem, who “of course wishes Benoit all the best.” “And of course I hope he hasn’t infected anyone. Because if he’s the only positive case now and he hasn’t infected anyone, it’s not that bad of course. But it would suck if it turns into a chain of infection . Because then, of course, no one knows, what will happen. “
Paire was isolated, as were those in contact with him. According to “L’Equipe”, his compatriots Richard Gasquet, Adrian Mannarino, Gregoire Barrere and Edouard Roger Vasselin are said to have isolated themselves. Thiem also knew, without naming names, that several people were isolated. “Now they are waiting for the negative test result,” Thiem said. “I don’t think he (Paire / Note) has great symptoms. And the most important thing is that he recovers quickly. So it shouldn’t be a big problem.”
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Benoit Paire has to skip the US Open due to a positive corona test
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