Two males’s doubles gamers have been faraway from the French Open draw after testing optimistic for COVID-19, the French tennis federation (FFT), who organise the claycourt Grand Slam, mentioned on Wednesday.
The FFT added that each gamers have been in the identical group however didn’t identify them.
“The Roland Garros match organizers affirm that two gamers from the lads’s doubles draw, on the identical group, have examined optimistic for COVID-19,” read a statement.
“In line with the tournament’s public health and safety protocol, the pair have been removed from the draw, which commenced yesterday, and the two players placed in quarantine. They will be replaced by the first team on the alternate list.”
“Since the start of the match, 2,446 exams have been carried out on gamers and their groups. This is the primary prevalence in which the match organisers should take away gamers, in accordance with their well being protocol,” the assertion additional learn.
According to SkySports, Croatian top seeds Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic, who would have been strong favourites for the title, tested positive and since have been replaced in the draw by Spanish duo Pedro Martinez and Pablo Andujar.
Another Spanish pair, Feliciano Lopez and Jaume Munar, who had been due to face Mektic and Pavic, also disappeared from the draw and order of play, to be replaced by as-yet-unnamed alternates.
The start of the 2021 French Open tennis tournament was delayed by one week, the clay-court Grand Slam event was set to begin on 23 May, but started on 30 May in the hope of more fans being able to attend at Roland Garros.
Nearly 5,400 people per day are allowed on-site at the outset of the French Open, with expectations of even more allowed in at the tail end of the tournament, after the 2020 version was limited to 1,000 spectators daily when it started in September due to COVID-19 considerations.
(With Agency Inputs)
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