TThe scandal that the American tennis player has uncovered, Sam Querrey, in St. Petersburg, because after having given a positive result to the Covid-19 Together with his family, he decided to leave Russian territory even though he was not allowed to do so and without notifying anyone.
Querrey was scheduled to play the first round of the tournament against the CanadianDenis Shapovalov. However, hours before the meeting, the American was notified that He, his wife, and his son all tested positive for the coronavirus.
The protocol established that they would be isolated in a five-star hotel where they would have to spend the next 14 days waiting for a negative result. Querrey accepted the command at first, but then changed her mind.
The Russian health authorities recommended subjecting the tennis player and his family to a medical examination, but Querrey refused the next few days to open the door arguing that his son, who is a few months old, was sleeping. The player was proposed to move him with his family to an apartment to make him feel more comfortable and thus reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus.
Before, according to ATP rules, it was subjected to a new analysis, The tennis player left the hotel incognito during the early morning of October 13 without even informing the reception. He only later informed ATP that he had abandoned Russian territory aboard a private plane, which will have been provided by one of its sponsors.
The ATP has not been slow to react by reporting the event and pointing out that the acts of Sam Querrey they suppose a serious offense which is already under investigation, without giving further details about it.
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