Two players have been excluded from the tennis tournament that will precede the US Open at their Flushing Meadow headquarters after being in contact with coVID-19 positive.
The Western and South Open aired on a Wednesday saying that the two players, who have not been identified, have been quarantined and removed from the tournament field.
The Western and South Open is usually held in Cincinnati, however this year it moved to New York as a double calendar component with the US Open due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The main draw festival is scheduled to begin on Saturday for the event; The Grand Slam tournament is scheduled to begin on August 31.
The American Tennis Association announced Tuesday that a user, who is not a player, has tested positive for the 1,400 COVID-19 controls managed since last Thursday as a component of protocols for the controlled environment for both tournaments. This user tested positive at a time after his arrival and told him to isolate himself for 10 days.
The resulting touch search “determined that two players were in close and extensive contact with this individual,” he said Wednesday. He added that the players did not revel in any symptoms.
“We expected this to happen,” USTA Chief Executive Mike Dowse said of the positive initial verification on a call to the convention with reporters on Tuesday. “Mathematically, we expected to have a positive result, if not more than one. So we’ve planned it and put in place a very fast protocol to prevent it from spreading on a giant scale. Array… Our number one precedence is to take care of that user in the first position and then prevent the propagation from spreading further.