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Spanish tennis player Fernando Verdasco cannot participate in the French Open, which starts Monday, due to a positive corona test. The 36-year-old former top ten announced this in a lengthy statement on his social media channels on Friday, and he was tough on the Roland Garros organizers.
Verdasco had COVID-19
He “experienced COVID-19 asymptomatically” in August, adhered to isolation guidelines and has since tested negative on several occasions. However, after the trip to Paris with his family and supervisors, another test came back positive, for which he was excluded from the climax of the clay season.
“Then Roland Garros refused me another test, despite all the circumstances and the fact that there had been time before the draw,” wrote the world number 58. On Thursday, they then ran two PCR tests and an antibody test on his own, all of which showed him to be negative.
“Total frustration and contempt”
“I would like to express my utter frustration and contempt for the Roland Garros organization. For stealing my right to attend this important event. And without giving me the opportunity to do another test to show that the first one was defective “, concluded Verdasco.
He is not the first player to be bothered by the madness of testing at the French Open. Damir Dzumhur even threatened legal action after his coach banned him from qualifying due to a positive test. There, too, the negative tests continue after exclusion. (sid / sme)
