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The exhibition tournament of Abu Dabi It has caused more than one upset in the form of contagion of coronavirus. The outbreak in the Mubadala World Championship It is already going through the eight infected, including players, players and coaches. The last one was Marc López, Rafa Nadal’s coach, who also tested positive a few days ago.
The one from Manacor announced his positive when he returned from Abu Dhabi, joining his case to that of the tennis players Emma Raducanu, champion of the US Open, his substitute in the exhibition tournament, Ons Jabeur and the Olympic champion Belinda Bencic. After them and Nadal came the names of Denis Shapovalov and Andrey Rublev.
The Canadian announced on Sunday his positive to his arrival in Sydney while the Russian did so this morning on Twitter, after undergoing a mandatory PCR before taking a flight to Australian lands for the ATP Cup dispute: “Currently I am in Barcelona and unfortunately I tested positive for Covid-19.
I have minimal symptoms. I am isolated and following all the protocols under the supervision of doctors.
In his message he recalled that he is “fully vaccinated” against the virus. “I was preparing for the ATP Cup and the Australian Open. Now I have to recover and I will go to Melbourne only when it is safe for everyone, ”he added.
Rublev will be out for the ATP Cup that will be played from Saturday in Sydney, where Russia defends the title. And like the rest of the infected in Abu Dhabi is doubt for the Australian Open, which will begin on January 17.
Not only the players have been affected by the coronavirus outbreak in the Abu Dhabi tournament, as Carlos Moyá, Nadal’s coach, announced his positive a day after the announcement of his pupil. And recently Marc lopez, who also traveled with Nadal to Abu Dhabi has tested positive.
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