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A week before the start of the French Open (which starts on September 27) there are Corona problems for the last Grand Slam tournament of the year. As the French tennis association confirmed on Sunday, five players are already excluded from the classification.
The association does not name any names. But two professionals tested positive for Corona, three more had contact with a coach who is ill with COVID-19. All five players will now go into a seven-day quarantine. Since last Thursday, a total of some 900 tests have been carried out.
Dzumhur denounces false evidence
According to the Spanish newspaper “Marca”, the players are Denis Istomin (Usb), Ernesto Escobedo (United States), Pedja Kristin (Srb) and Bernabe Zapata (Sp), who plays for Neuchâtel in the Swiss NLA. The quartet disappeared from the list of participants in the classification as if by magic. Damir Dzumhur has already made his own exclusion public.
The Bosnian has not been infected, but his coach Petar Popovic tested positive. An impossibility, Dzumhur believes, and raises accusations against the French Open on Instagram.
“He was not given the opportunity to take a second test and we are sure it was a false positive result,” the 28-year-old writes. His reasoning: “My coach has antibodies! I’m devastated. But I can’t change it. “
Total of 15 positive tests?
As the “Brand” reports, exclusions can also be expected among women. We are talking about a total of 15 positive tests.
The qualifying field, which starts today, Monday, should be full of French. The reason is simple: due to quarantine regulations, foreigners must arrive in Paris four days before the start of the tournament, which is no longer possible.
The cases show the highly sensitive environment in which the French Open takes place. Over the weekend, the number of positive corona tests in France soared to 13,000 a day.
Therefore, the approved spectators in Paris have already been reduced from 11,500 to 5,000. But if the virus really starts to wreak havoc on athletes, Roland Garros suffers even more damage. (SME)
