False positives dot the credibility of Roland Garros: "It's a scandal"

Bernabé Zapata

could not dispute his debut in the previous round of Roland Garros after the supposed positive for Covid-19 of his coach.

The 23-year-old Valencian tennis player was disqualified so he returned to Spain on Monday so that

could undergo further tests, the results of which were ultimately negative.

Zapata's case joins that of

, who was also dropped from the second Grand Slam of the season by a positive from his coach,

.

The Bosnian player requested a second test, which the Parisian tournament denied him.

However, subsequent tests were also negative, so Dzumhur has announced that he will take legal action against the tournament.

"This is a scandal. I am sure that we will win in the courts," proclaimed the former ATP number 23, now one of the top 100 classifieds.

Rectification with Pella

A month ago,

also suffered a similar case at the Cincinnati tournament, when a false positive from his coach,

, forced him to leave the tournament.

A few days later, the authorities allowed the Argentine to return to activity, who was able to play the US Open, where he lost in the first round to

.

The early farewell to the Paris clay is a complete setback for Zapata, who earlier this month had released his record with the Cordenons Challenger title, where he beat

in the final

.

A week later, Zapata played the Masters 1000 in Rome, where he could not overcome the first qualifying round.

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