New York (AFP)
The players, who were in close contact with Benoît Paire, withdrawn from the US Open men's draw on Sunday after testing positive for Covid-19, are kept in the tournament and will be able to play their first round, director Stacey announced on Monday. Allaster.
"After the traceability investigation launched in the entourage (of Paire), the decision was taken to keep these players in the tournament, also taking into account the medical reports, and they are therefore still authorized to participate", a she said on Tennis Channel.
Stacey Allaster did not specify how many players were affected or reveal their identities.
According to the daily L'Équipe, Paire's positive test led to the close surveillance of four other French players, confined to their respective hotel rooms until further notice: Richard Gasquet, Grégoire Barrère, Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Adrian Mannarino.
According to the New York Times, in order to continue participating in the event, they signed an agreement for a tightened health protocol with the American Federation (USTA), which keeps them in isolation and has them undergo a daily test. to coronavirus.
According to the New York daily which obtained the text of this agreement, they are thus confined to their hotel room on Long Island, where they no longer have the right to welcome anyone and from where they do not. have more the right to go out than to go to the place of the competition.
They are also no longer allowed to use the public areas of the hotel.
On the Flushing Meadows site, they no longer have access to the cloakroom or the dining room.
They must also use a gym as well as specific warm-up and training areas and by reservation.
"We have extended the standards of health protocols already in place," Stacey Allaster simply agreed on this, without confirming the details.
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