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Dominic Thiem insists that the US Open is the safest position in the world despite the fact that the tournament overcame positive coronavirus control on the eve of the match.
Benoit Paire was withdrawn from the tournament after testing positive at Covid-19 on Sunday and will now have to isolate himself for 10 days.
Paire, who ranked 17th in the men’s singles draw, has been in New York for nearly two weeks and underwent two negative tests on his arrival, meaning he contracted the virus into the biosecurity bubble.
USTA on a player tested positive for COVID-19 at the US Open pic.twitter.com/UGKVZVnoZZ
– US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 30, 2020
Thiem, the world’s No. 3, feels “super safe” at Flushing Meadows.
“I don’t think there’s one more position in the world now than here,” he said. “Maybe you can lock yourself in someplace in a cave or something, I don’t know, in the middle of the sea. Otherwise, it’s super here. We’re in a bubble.
“But anything can still happen, as you might have noticed with Benoit. We hope no one else is infected. Overall, it’s very, very and very strict.”
British number one, Johanna Konta, admits that positive control is “worrying,” but that she continues her affairs in the same way in her first round with compatriot Heather Watson on Tuesday.
Nine seed @JohannaKonta command on the floor ?
She will begin @usopen on Tuesday with an all-British adjustment opposed to Heather Watson ???? pic.twitter.com/BeKPNjoFGS
– wta (@WTA) August 30, 2020
“I mean, I found out about five minutes ago,” he says. Obviously, it’s like, “Oh, wow, really?”.
“The challenge we have is that it’s not a complete bubble and there are still other people running for the tournament, in and out. The number of people who provide to carry out this operation is therefore as much as possible.”
But it was going to lead us to marvel and be a little shocking and worry if a player tested positive.Obviously, we’ve had some.
“It’s another when a user has a positive check on arrival or when they got here, they had negative checks and then tested positive.
“It doesn’t replace what I do every day. The rest of the team and I do our best to keep our distance and focus on our daily activities.”
Paire will face Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak on Tuesday, but replaced by Marcel Granollers in the draw.
The Frenchman has been in the biosecurity bubble in New York for a few weeks and participated in the Western-Southern Open in the same meadows last week.
However, he withdrew in his first-round attack on Borna Coric after feeling unwell, losing 6-0 1-0.