United States Tennis Association announced, on Tuesday, about the positive COVID-19 cases found in New York, where US open is all set to take place. The strange part is that the cases are found in a biosecure environment where all the medical and safety procedures are being taken care of.
The medical officer Bernard Camins revealed that the person who is found positive with the virus is asymptomatic and also he is not a player. The news was confirmed based on 1400 test conducted on 13th August at the Billie Jean King Tennis court in New York City.
The person who was tested positive was based on the second test that was conducted after two days later.
“It would have been nice if he was positive the first time. But the reason we added the second test at 48 hours was to account for the time we couldn’t be covering,” Dr. Camins said.
US Open is all set to start from 31st August and the biggest debacle for the mega event will be the absence of top players like Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Simona Halep.
“We respect their decisions at all times. It’s up to each individual player to make that decision,” said USTA chief executive Mike Dowse.
“I want to remind everyone, this was not a host at all costs. It had to adhere to our three principles. We’re confident it has” He added.
However, the men’s draw will feature world number one Novak Djokovic and other big names like third-ranked Dominic Thiem and fellow top 10 players Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev.
