Paula Badosa tested positive for coronavirus, as she herself announced this Thursday, and her presence in the final draw of the Australian Open is in danger (February 8-21), although the contagion does not rule out her presence in the first Grand Slam of the season, since she will not be expelled from the bubble, but transferred to another hotel for players affected by the virus. She is the first player to publicly declare having tested positive for COVID of the four to six that could exist according to the organization, although some of them would have only remnants of the disease and therefore would not transmit it.
Badosa was one of the 72 tennis players who had to comply with a strict quarantine in the Melbourne hotel after a positive was detected on his flight to Melbourne from Abu Dhabi. The Spanish communicated the news through her social networks with this message that we reproduce:
“I have bad news: as you know, since I arrived in Melbourne I have been confined to the room. Today, on the 7th day of quarantine, I have tested positive for COVID. I am with symptoms and I hope to recover as soon as possible. I have been transferred to another hotel where I will remain isolated and under monitoring. These are hard times. Thank you very much for your support. I will come back stronger. Paula “.
Despite this setback, The presence of Badosa in the Australian Open is not ruled out, since the tennis player could play the tournament as long as she recovers from the symptoms and test negative in the previous tests that are submitted before the start of the Grand Slam. What is more complicated is that you can participate in one of the WTA 250 that will be held earlier (from January 31) in the capital of the state of Victoria.
Days before confirming your positive, Badosa herself spoke to AS via video call about how this quarantine was going. In the interview, the tennis player assured that she tested negative in the test that was done in Abu Dhabi before flying and criticized the quarantine measures she had to face. “If I open the door of the room they can sanction me, I can only do it when they bring me the food”, Badosa came to confess, that now he will have to face the recovery process with relative relief and the hope of overcoming the virus before February 8 to be part of the Australian Open.