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Doubles pair Kristina Mladenovic and Timea Babos, here during the Australian Open in January, were stopped from more games at the US Open.
The seeded pair, Kristina Mladenovic and Timea Babos, cannot continue to play in the tournament.
The double pair is supported by opponents.
– It’s very strange, says Alize Cornet from France.
The doubles pair were arrested after France’s Mladenovic came into contact with her compatriot Benoit Paire, who had to leave the tournament after testing positive for covid-19.
Mladenovic is one of a total of eleven players who have come into contact with Paire and therefore must be quarantined.
“All persons who have been identified as having had prolonged close contact with the infected player should be quarantined in their rooms for the remainder of the remaining quarantine period,” the US Open, home of the US Open, wrote in a statement.
They refer to an official decision that means that the players in question cannot travel back and forth between their accommodation and the competition arena.
“The USTA is required to comply with the regulations of the authorities at the local, state and national levels,” he continues.
“Very brutal”
– It is very strange, because she (Mladenovic) was able to play in the first round of both the singles and doubles tournament and now she is suddenly expelled, says the French Alize Cornet and describes the action as “very brutal”.
The New York Times writes that the decision to detain the double couple was made by the Nassau health authorities on Long Island, where the players live in a bubble. According to the newspaper, the USTA was surprised by the decision and that the Nassau authorities changed the rules for players.
On Friday, Frenchman Adrian Mannarino was prevented for the first time from playing Alexander Zverev in the third round. That game could be played three hours after the scheduled time, then after a discussion in which Novak Djokovic participated, among others. World point guard Djokovic resigned just before the US Open as president of the ATP players ‘union to start his own players’ organization.
Babos went home
While Mladenovic remains in quarantine in Nassau, the double couple Timea Babos has left New York. She and coach Michael Joyce left town on Saturday to avoid being forced into quarantine.
“This has probably cost us a Grand Slam title,” Joyce told the New York Times before leaving.
The tennis that was played late on Saturday, local time, the two second seeds were developed in singles.
On the women’s side, American Sofia Kenin had no trouble beating Tunisian Ons Jabeur in two straight sets. Now she faces Belgian Elise Mertens for a place in the quarterfinals.
“You must raise the level”
In the men’s tournament, however, Dominic Thiem had to struggle to reach the fourth round. The Austrian won 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 against 2014 champion Marin Cilic of Croatia.
– I feel a bit empty, but it is normal, it is already very late and there is no audience here. But I have to raise my level if I want to go far, says Thiem after the game.
Now he has to face Felix Auger-Aliassime, 20, the Canadian is the first male player born in the 2000s to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament.
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