Barely back on the courts, Frances Tiafoe must retire. The 22-year-old American tennis player, who was lining up this weekend with seven of his compatriots for an exhibition tournament organized in Atlanta, was tested positive at Covid-19, he announced on Saturday on his Twitter account.
“Unfortunately, I tested positive on Friday night at Covid-19 and I have to withdraw from the American Team Cup in Atlanta this weekend. In the past two months, I trained in Florida and tested negative there just a week ago, “said the 81st worldwide on the social network.
The disinfected tournament site
“I will have a second test early next week, but I have already started the quarantine protocol as advised by medical staff here in Atlanta,” he said. Although I am so excited to return, everyone’s health and safety continues to be a top priority. “
On its website, the American Team Cup announced that Frances Tiafoe had shown symptoms of coronavirus in the wake of his victory over Sam Querrey on Saturday. After the positive test of the player, the organizers disinfected the site and “alerted the people likely to have been exposed”. The tournament will still continue, with the arrival of Christopher Eubanks to replace Tiafoe.
The circuit has already been marked by other contamination during another exhibition in June, the Adria Tour, in Serbia and Croatia. The world number 1 and organizer of the event, Novak Djokovic, his compatriot Viktor Troicki, the Croatian Borna Coric and the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov tested positive at Covid-19.
