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The first US Open without a spectator has been launched. But French Benoît Paire’s Covid disease is worrisome. Several players were isolated.
His Covid disease threatens the tournament: Frenchman Benoît Paire.
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It’s probably no coincidence that Benoît Paire is the first tennis ace to test positive for the coronavirus in New York. The French are bon vivants, they like to have fun and they don’t like to keep their distance. The fact that it is, of all people, a couple is also extremely unfavorable for the tournament. Because in the days leading up to his Covid-19 diagnosis, he was very active in the player’s hotel, playing cards with his French colleagues in the lobby and having fun. of the Play station. Eleven people have been identified who appear to be so close to him in Contact that was considered a risk to others. Including numerous players.
Fin from the previous yearbutDaniil Medvedev is one of them, German Alexander Zverev said after his initial win over Kevin Anderson in a Eurosport interview. “I am very good friends with him. Daniil is only allowed to play now, but not out of his room or using the bus with others. “Medvedev’s coach immediately denied that his protégé was affected. However, it has been confirmed that there are players who now have to follow an even stricter protocol, they are “in a bubble within a bubble.”
The “bubble in the bubble”
Kristina Mladenovic is one of them because she trained with Paire a few days ago and played cards, as she told French journalists. They all wore a mask when playing cards. Aside from playing her game, she is practically not allowed to do anything, complained Mladenovic, who has since tested negative twice. You are not allowed to go to the fitness room or where the other players would be.
Another person who is no longer allowed to move freely in the bladder is Adrian Mannarino. I didn’t know if I would be disqualifiedfiziert I would or not, he said. That’s why he barely closed one eye during the night. Apparently the rules for the US Open have been relaxed a bit. If Guido Pella and Hugo Dellien were excluded from the Masters 1000 tournament because their physical trainer tested positive, so will it now those who were in close contact with a Covid-19 patient were put on probation.
The Frenchman expresses his displeasure on Instagram.
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Paire criticizes the tournament
Meanwhile, Paire reported via Instagram that he has no symptoms (yet). He also wrote: “I still doubt, to tell what is really happening in this fake bubble. “Suggesting that he sees the tournament organizers as guilty of his infection. If other players are infected, the event threatens to turn into a sham. It is quite possible that these cases they are only discovered in a few days, when the tournament is already advanced.
Possibly those who have already been infected during the Adria Tour and now have antibodies have an advantage could. Like Novak Djokovic. The big favorite played against the Bosnian Damir Dzyoumhur (ATP 109) the first night session of New York without an audience and he prevailed with confidence. The first day showed: tennis works without a spectator, interaction with loved ones on screen it’s a mocking feature. But of course the public is missing, mutenorth ghostly in the empty sands. The tournament was launched from a sporting point of view, the big question is whether the measures taken can be used to prevent the virus from spreading further in the bladder.
