A doubles player has become the first positive of the Roland Garros main draw. The organization of the Parisian Grand Slam reported this Monday the expulsion of the doubles player, whose name has not been made public, for being in contact with her coach, who tested positive in one of the tests performed.
“In line with the protocols, this player has been eliminated from the table, which begins this Wednesday, September 29”, read the note, in which they claimed to have done more than 1,900 diagnostic tests from the 17th to the present. The protocol revealed by the organizers established that a participant would be expelled in the event of a positive companion if his PCR gave the same result, so it is understood that this has been the case.
The previous phase of the tournament has already aroused concern among players given the five cases of coronavirus that were detected. Tennis players such as the Romanian Simona Halep or the Czech Karolina Pliskova expressed their doubts about the safety of the event, which on its second day has already released the positive account.