French tennis player Benoit Paire tested positive for coronavirus and was expelled from the U.S. Open on Sunday, a user familiar with the stage told The Associated Press.
The user spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because Paire’s prestige had been announced through the American Tennis Association.
The Grand Slam tournament begins on Monday and spectators are not allowed as a component of efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Paire, 31, ranked 17th and will face Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak in the first circular on Tuesday.
Contact tracking will now be used to know who might have been exposed to Paire and deserve to be quarantined.
His positive check was first reported through the French newspaper L’Equipe.
The user who spoke to the AP stated that Pair’s output at the time has tested positive for more than 7000 COVID-19 tests administered through the USTA so far as a component of its “controlled environment” for the US Open and Western-Southern Open.
The hard court tournament, which ended Saturday, takes place in Ohio, but has moved to the US Open site at Flushing Meadows this year.
On August 20, the USTA announced a positive check, but did not identify who it belonged to. Finally, two players, Argentina’s Guido Pella and Bolivian Hugo Dellien, said their physical trainer tested positive for COVID-19 and so they were excluded from the Western and South Open.
Paire stopped his initial attack at the Western and South Open on 22 August when he led 6-1, 1-0 against Borna Coric.
Paire ranks 22rd, has 3 ATP titles and reached the fourth circular of the U.S. Open in 2015, matching its functionality in any Grand Slam tournament.
He lost at the time in New York last year.
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