Benoit Paire out of US Open 2020 after positive COVID-19 test
Tennis | August 30, 2020 21:16 ISTPaire is the first player to test positive ahead of the Grand Slam tournament, which begins Monday without spectators amid the pandemic.
Paire is the first player to test positive ahead of the Grand Slam tournament, which begins Monday without spectators amid the pandemic.
Listen to Gauff speak about the issues of the day, and she doesn’t sound like an uninformed kid. She sounds like an adult, filled with knowledge and insight.
With Federer recovering from his damaged knee and Nadal opting to sit out of the tournament in a bid to return for the French Open later next month, Djokovic has the perfect opportunity to extend his grand slam tally to 18 - one behind the Spaniard and two behind the Swiss.
By the end of the tournament, the charismatic Medvedev had won them over, receiving wildly positive support in 23,771-capacity Arthur Ashe Stadium while pushing Rafael Nadal to five sets in a rollicking final.
The U.S. Open is scheduled to begin Monday, without any spectators.
It will be second straight US Open singles main draw for Nagal, who came through the qualifiers last year and played a memorable match against iconic Roger Federer.
Nishikori wrote Wednesday on his mobile app that he is ready to “slowly” return to practice — but not prepared to compete in best-of-five-set matches.
Professional tennis returned recently from a hiatus of nearly six months caused by the coronavirus outbreak -- and it will be back on one of its biggest stages Monday
The 37-year-old Belgian already is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and came out of retirement this year.
Forty “social distance ambassadors” will monitor the U.S. Open grounds to make sure players and others are avoiding close contact and wearing face coverings.
Six of the top eight women in the WTA rankings won’t play in New York. No. 1 Ash Barty and defending champion Bianca Andreescu have also withdrawn from the tournament.
Japan's tennis star Kei Nishikori has tested positive for coronavirus and has pulled out of the Western and Southern Open.
The defending champions of both, men's and women's singles -- Rafael Nadal and Bianca Andreescu have now withdrawn from the 2020 US Open.
Djokovic initially complained about the U.S. Tennis Association’s plans to try to protect people from the coronavirus pandemic with such measures as limiting the size of players’ entourages, going so far as to say he didn’t know whether he would participate.
The US Open is currently scheduled to be held from August 31 with the Cincinnati Open being held at the Flushing Meadows before that from August 22
While Kim Clijsters has won the US Open on three occasions, Andy Murray has won the major in 2012.
The U.S. Open women’s and men’s singles champions will each earn $3 million, down $850,000 — or 22% — from the top prizes at the Grand Slam tennis tournament last year.
Dmitrov was one of the few players who had tested positive for the deadly virus after taking part in Novak Djokovic's disastrous Adria Tour exhibition event in June.
Nagal is the only Indian in the men's field with Prajnesh Gunneswaran, ranked 132, missing out.
Nadal is yet to take a decision on the French Open which is slated to begin in the final week of September.
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