The US Tennis Association (USTA) confirmed this Sunday that one of the players who planned to participate in the US Open, which begins on Monday, has tested positive for coronavirus, although it did not reveal his identity. , while the French newspaper "L'Équipe" assured that it was the French Benoit Paire.

"A player has tested positive for COVID-19 at the US Open and has withdrawn from the tournament. The player is asymptomatic," the organization said in a statement sent to the press. "In accordance with the requirements of the New York State Department of Health, and in line with the guidelines of the tournament's health and safety protocols, the player has been advised that he must isolate himself for 10 days, " said the USTA. "In addition, contact tracing has started to determine if someone should be quarantined for 14 days," he added.

According to the newspaper's website, the Frenchman, who is in the New York bubble organized by the USTA, will be substituted in the final draw to play the first round against Kamil Majchzak .

Paire had to withdraw in his first game after confinement in the Cincinnati tournament, played on the same courts, against Croatian Borna Coric , suffering from abdominal pain. But all the tests he had undergone so far had come back negative.

According to "L'Équipe," the US Open organization has asked other French players, Richard Gasquet, Adrian Mannarino, Grégoire Barrere and Édouard Roger Vasselin , to remain confined to their New York hotel rooms.

A measure that they have also taken with coach Nicolas Copin .

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