"I tested positive for Covid-19 today (Thursday), which will prevent me from playing the Davis Cup which made me dream so much", regrets Alcaraz, selected for the first time in the national team, explaining experience "very mild symptoms" at this stage.
In a separate statement, the Spanish Federation reported a positive case, and therefore placed in solitary confinement, among its selection, without specifying its identity, and added that "the rest of the members of the team were subjected to a new PCR test this afternoon ", without indicating when the results are expected.
For Spain, holder of the trophy, already deprived of his master asset Rafael Nadal due to a foot injury, then of his N.2 Roberto Bautista Agut, it is a new blow: already to the Gates of the top 30 at 18, Alcaraz, quarter-finalist at the US Open in September and recent winner of the Under-22 Masters, is one of the most promising players on the circuit.
Spain, placed in group A, is due to enter the competition on Friday afternoon against Ecuador, then challenge Russia of world No.2 Daniil Medvedev on Sunday.
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