Benoît Paire during the Ultimate tennis showdown with Patrick Mouratoglou, June 15, 2020. - Lionel Urman / SIPA

No US Open for Benoît Paire. According to the Team, the Frenchman has tested positive for Covid-19 and, placed in isolation in his hotel, must therefore forfeit the American Grand Slam tournament, which begins on Monday. He was to face Kamil Majchrzak in the first round. He who did not want, at first, to go to the United States ...

🔴 Following Benoît Paire's positive COVID-19 test, Frenchmen Richard Gasquet, Grégoire Barrere, Edouard Roger-Vasselin, Adrian Mannarino and Nicolas Copin (coach) were ordered to stay in their room until further notice. Panic under bubble! https://t.co/2hXoRmSq5Q pic.twitter.com/A4ehVysPNG

- Quentin Moynet (@QuentinMoynet) August 30, 2020

Arrived in New York on August 18, he had resumed in Cincinnati, but had retired in the first round. Led 6-0, 1-0 by Coric, Paire had thrown in the towel, very struggling and visibly ill. The numerous tests he had undergone so far had all come back negative.

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US Open: The American Grand Slam will open in bubble mode in New York

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