Two tennis players were quarantined / Day after the survey in the US Open bubble

For players organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Western and Southern Open tournament US Open no positive Covid-19 tests were observed at the site.

News agency LETA already reported on Wednesday that one case of Covid-19 infection was detected in the “open bubble” of the US Open Tennis Championship on Tuesday. The sick man is not a tennis player and he has not experienced any symptoms of the disease, said the US Tennis Association (USTA). A test performed three days ago was negative, but Covid-19 infection was detected on Tuesday.

Tournament officials said this on Wednesday, isolating the person for 10 days, but the survey showed that the two players had been in “close and prolonged contact” with the sick person.

Although the tournament organizers did not name the two isolated players, Argentine tennis player Guido Pelja and qualifying tournament participant Ugo Deljiens from Bolivia Instagram posted videos on the site saying they were these players.

Pelja, who ranks 35th in the world, has been suspended after his coach, Juan Manuel Galvan, contracted the virus.

“Galvan received a positive test two days ago,” says Pelja, adding that his coach, Jose Akasuso, has also been in close contact with Galvan.

“Both of our tests, Jose and mine, were negative. We don’t feel anything, but the organizers excluded me from the tournament … Now the protocol says that I will be tested every two days. There is no other option, and hopefully these two weeks will pass. fast and I’ll be able to start the “US Open”. “

Tournament officials say none of the excluded players have any symptoms of Covid-19. However, after US Open medical team involvement and consultation with the New York City Department of Health they were excluded from Western and Southern Open and sent to quarantine.

The tournament, which usually takes place in Cincinnati, was moved to New York this year to serve as an introduction US Open, in the National Tennis Center Flushing Meadows without spectators begins on August 31 in a specially created “bubble”.

The women’s main tournament will start on Friday, but the men’s – on Saturday.

Since August 13, approximately 1,400 tests have been performed at the home of the US Open Championship, which will also feature the Western and Southern Open.

Several tennis stars will not be able to see the Covid-19 pandemic at the US Open.

Several favorites have withdrawn from this year’s tournament, such as last year’s champion Bianka Andrescu, Simon Halep, Ashley Barthy, Kiki Bertens, Jelena Switolina and other high-level tennis players. Anastasia Sevastova and Alona Ostapenko are currently among the participants of the tournament.

Last year’s men’s tournament winner Rafael Nadal will not go to New York to defend his title won last year.

New York was one of the worst-hit U.S. cities in March and April, when the Covid-19 epidemic took over the United States. The temporary hospital was even set up on the indoor courts of the US Tennis Center.

The US Open tennis championship tournament will start on August 31.

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