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NEW YORK: Several competitors at the US Open have expressed frustration after being moved to the so-called “bubble in a bubble”, as they had been in contact with Frenchman Benoit Paire, who tested at COVID-19.
The tournament organizers quietly removed Paire from Sunday’s draw, and the Frenchman then confirmed on social media that he had tried COVID-19.
French players Adrian Mannarino, Kristina Mladenovic and Edouard Roger-Vasselin were placed under an “enhanced protocol plan” for “players who could have been potentially exposed” to the virus, allowing them to continue participating in the withdrawal tournament.
However, this means that they have been allowed to use the amenities of the players on the site.
Mannarino, who beat Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-1 6-4 2-6 6-3 on Monday, said the ATP contacted him Saturday night to tell him that he had to stay in his room because a player had tested positive for COVID-19.On Sunday night, he said he would be allowed to compete, but according to stricter protocol.
“I wonder right now if I can have the virus or not,” he told reporters.”I’ve been tested every day since they broke the news from us and they’re going to test me every day.”
He said the jolgorio had caused him sleepless nights and exhausted him mentally.Mannarino added that he was relieved that his close friend Paire had no symptoms.
“We’re not 100 percent sure that (Paire) has stuck the virus here, however, it’s a great probability, as it’s been here for some time, it’s been negative on several occasions,” Mannarino said.
Mannarino said they played cards in combination with his tenure there and considered Paire to be in touch with “probably part of the draw”.
”MENTALLY VERY DIFFICULT”
The incident echoes the demanding situations facing the American leagues to bring the game back to the COVID-19 era, amid an epidemic that has killed more than 180,000 people in the United States.
A USTA spokesman told Reuters that he had developed the “enhanced protocol plan” in consultation with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.While the USTA declined to comment on the identity of the player who tested positive, the spokesman said the search because the contacts had begun to “determine all player interactions.”
Mladenovic complained that she now felt like she was trapped in a “bubble in a bubble.”Those who had been in contact with Paire undergo COVID-19 tests every and every day every 4 days.
The Frenchwoman, who beat American Hailey Baptiste 7-5 6-2, said the advance protocols made the festival “very difficult.”
“I’m allowed to play my game, I literally can’t do anything else.I don’t know how we’re going to continue,” he said.
“It’s mentally very difficult, I still have to communicate with the USTA and organize things so that it’s at least competitive and has the device to keep working.”
He said he had tested negative twice since the news broke and had spent a lot of time with Paire before his positive COVID-19 test.
“Just the fact that I spent 30 minutes with him as part of this big table of other people and of course we had masks,” he said.”It’s pretty hard for me to settle for that.”
Mannarino, however, under pressure that the criteria placed in the primary of the hard zone were not a bubble at all, he noted that the accredited body of workers enters and goes out into the field.
Unlike the NBA “bubble” at Walt Disney World, where players, coaches and media members live on site, Open tennis players have the opportunity to live in personal outdoor accommodation at tournament hotels.
“Here at the US Open, we’re not in a bubble, we’re in an environment, which is different,” Mannarino said.
(Information through Amy Tennery in New York; additional information through Rohith Nair and Simon Jennings, edited through Pritha Sarkar)