Argentine tennis player Guido Pella and Bolivian Hugo Dellien will not be able to participate in the Masters 1,000 in Cincinnati due to the positive for coronavirus of his physical trainer.
The organizers of the Western and Southern Open, moved from Cincinnati to New York due to the pandemic, they announced Wednesday that two players had been excluded, but no names were given.
In a series of tests before the US Open that begins on August 31, one of the 1,400 people tested tested positive for the new coronavirus. According to Pella and Dellien, the person who tested positive is their physical trainer. The trio worked together last week in Miami before returning to competition.
The Cincinnati Masters 1,000 begins this Thursday with the preliminary phase and will be the prelude to the US Open, It will be played on the same courts in Flushing Meadows without fans and with strict hygiene protocols.