NEW YORK (AP) – The highest-elected women’s doubles team withdrew from the U.S. Open because one of the players, Kristina Mladenovic of France, won a quarantine recognition of public fitness officials in the county where the tournament hotel is located.
Mladenovic was one of seven players limited to the tournament after touch studios decided that she may have been exposed to COVID-19 through Benoit Paire, the only player to test positive.
The American Tennis Association announced Saturday that it was expelling Mladenovic and his partner, Timea Babos from Hungary, saying she was “forced to comply with government guidelines.”
Mladenovic and Babos were expected to play their second-round adjustment against Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Alison Riske of the United States, who complete the journey.
Mladenovic had been allowed to compete until Saturday, betting two singles matches (he lost at the circular moment after taking a 6-1, 5-1 lead) and won one in doubles.
And the other half-dozen players discovered in contact with Paire also played in the tournament, adding the No.32 Adrian Mannarino in the men’s singles, whose Friday set was delayed by more than two and a half hours until we decided.he can just play. Lost.
The USTA said the new quarantine orders came after Mannarino’s game and that players “identified for having extended close contact with the inflamed player would be quarantined in their rooms for the remainder of their quarantine period.”
Mary Ellen Laurain, spokesperson for the Nassau County Department of Health, said medical confidentiality regulations prevented her from discussing individual player cases, but said 14-day quarantine orders were issued for anyone who lives or stays in the county, adding hotels, which has had contact with those who tested positive for COVID-19.
FORZA, BERRETTINI!
No fan is allowed to walk through the gates of the U.S.Open due to the pandemic, however, 2019 semi-finalist Matteo Berrettini discovered a way to offer encouragement on Saturday screaming from the outside a fence near Court 17.
After beating No.30 Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 to return to the fourth circular at Flushing Meadows, the No.6 Berrettini asked if he was aware of his friend’s attempts to make himself heard.
“No one heard it, ” said Berrettini, a 24-year-old Rome.”Today was noisy. I think it’s more powerful than the other days.
The fan is also Italian and owns the declining place to eat on Manhattan’s East Side where Berrettini was going to dine almost every night of his long stay in New York a year ago.Her boyfriend even sat on Berrettini’s guest box during the race, dressed in a blouse.adorned with the word “Carbonara”.
On Saturday, he came out of the fence, screaming in Italian, saying words that mean “Come on!”or “Be strong!”
NOT BAD, huh?
Everyone expects wonderful things from young Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime, who ranks 20th and 15th in the most sensible position, and Denis Shapovalov, who is 21 and 12 in the series, and is still present at this year’s US Open.
What about Canadian player Vasek Pospisil? He is 30 years old, ranked 94th and had not played an official fit since February when he arrived at Flushing Meadows.
“To be honest, ” said Pospisil, “I didn’t expect much.”
Well, now Pospisil is in the fourth circular for the first time in nine appearances at the US Open, thanks to his overthrow of number 8 Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5, 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6.-2 score on Saturday. This follows the removal of Pospisil seed, Milos Raonic, No. 25, which also turns out to be from Canada.
Pospisil suffers from abdominal and thigh tension, outstanding.
“I think I’m more mature. I’m better in my power more (cautiously),” said Pospisil, who won the 2014 Wimbledon doubles name with Jack Sock.”As you get older, you perceive those things better.”
Pospisil, who is Novak Djokovic and creates a new arrangement for men’s tennis players, can qualify for the time being in the career’s Grand Slam singles quarter-finals by beating Australian Alex de Minaur, the 21st seed.
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