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The user spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because Paire’s prestige had not been announced through the American Tennis Association. Later, the USTA issued a saying that a player, whom it did not identify by a call, “had been eliminated” from the US Open after testing positive for COVID-19. He indicates that the player is asymptomatic.
Paire, 31, ranked 17th and will face Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak in the first circular on Tuesday.Paire’s position in the draw was held by Marcel Granollers, 149th, who now plays in Majchrzak.
The search for contacts will try to know who would possibly 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.
“There are so many other people interested in this tournament. The option of someone being positive is high.I just wish Benoit all the best.That’s the most vital thing,” said Dominic Thiem, a three-year-old.2-time Grand Slam finalist and No. 2 seed at the US Open.
“I don’t think there’s any position in the world right now than here.Maybe you can lock yourself in somewhere in a cave or something, I don’t know, in the middle of the sea,” Thiem said.”Otherwise, it’s great here. We’re in a bubble.”
The Western and South Open, which ended Saturday, is usually held in Ohio, but has moved to the US Open site in Flushing Meadows this year.The players and their visitors were tested upon arrival and returned their stay for any of the events.
On August 20, the USTA announced positive control but did not identify who it belonged to, claiming only that it did not come from a player. Finally, two players, Argentina’s Guido Pella and Bolivian Hugo Dellien, said their physical trainer tested positive for COVID-19 and that’s why they were excluded from the Western and Southern 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 22, has 3 ATP titles and reached the fourth U.S. circular.Open in 2015, matching its functionality in any Grand Slam tournament.
He lost at the time in New York last year.