NEW YORK (AP) – Kei Nishikori, a 2014 U.S. Open finalist, tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday and said he would retire from the tournament at Flushing Meadows that begins next week.
Nishikori released what he “unfortunate news” in his cell app.
When he retired from the Western and Southern Open, a difficult occasion in Cincinnati that moved to the US Open site in New York this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, he did not say what his Grand Slam plans were. . tournament that begins on August 31.
The 30-year-old Japanese said he’s in Florida, where he’s headquartered, and he plans to fly to New York on Monday. But that plan has been abandoned.
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“I feel and have very few symptoms, but obviously I will be completely isolated for everyone’s safety,” Nishikori said.
He has been ranked as high as No. 4 and is currently No. 31, which puts him in line to be seeded for the U.S. Open.
Nishikori lost in the 2014 final there to Marin Cilic and was also a semifinalist in New York in 2016 and 2018.
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Julian Alaphilippe, the beloved French cyclist of the 2019 Tour de France, retrieved the yellow jersey by winning Sunday’s level of this year’s Tour in Nice.
Alaphilippe, who strangely wore the yellow jersey for 14 days last year before completing fifth place, escaped about 8 miles to the left of an unusually early mountain stage. He moved away from the Swiss Marc Hirschi and the British Adam Yates in the last two hundred metres.
Alaphilippe took the lead of first-tier winner Alexander Kristoff of Norway. Yates is now in the place of the moment, 4 moments ago.
As with last year’s Tour, Alaphilippe is not one of the most productive contenders to win the Grand Tour once he arrives in Paris in 3 weeks. He competes this year two months after the death of his father, Jacques.
Alaphilippe pointed to the sky as he won his fifth level of the Tour in his career. You can retain the yellow jersey until the Tour reaches the Pyrenees for the eighth and nine levels.
The Tour continues with the longest level on Monday, departing Nice. Coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET on NBCSN and NBC Sports Gold.
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