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Greek Michail Pervolarakis returns from the right in an ATP Cup match in Melbourne in 2021. He has tested positive for Covid-19 since leaving Australia.
Tennis officials are confident that the Australian Open is still coronavirus-free despite Michail Pervolarakis revealing that he tested positive for Covid-19 after traveling from Australia to South Africa.
Pervolarakis played two ATP Cup matches for the Greece team alongside world number 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas at Melbourne Park last week and is believed to have tested negative before leaving Victoria on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old, ranked 463 in the world, did not play at the Australian Open.
Tennis Australia is aware of the positive test for Pervolarakis, but officials are confident that the Open’s health security bubble has not been burst.
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At this stage, the Open will proceed as planned, with a ban on attending crowds during the Victoria lockdown period.
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Michail Pervolarakis from Greece will have to quarantine himself in South Africa.
Pervolarakis confirmed his positive test in a series of social media posts on Saturday.
“After a day of travel of more than 24 hours from Australia to South Africa, I was diagnosed positive for Covid-19,” Pervolarakis posted.
“I am completely asymptomatic at the moment and will have to self-quarantine in an isolation facility at Potchefstroom.
“I’m not a complainer, but I feel like I need to express my disappointment at the conditions we are in.”
He later added: “Just to clear up a few things … I got negative in Melbourne before I left and the nurse said I most likely got it on the plane or on my stopover in Doha.”
