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US Open: Benoit Paire tests positive, removed from draw
Updated On: 31 August, 2020 07:06 AM IST | New York | IANS
LEquipe further said fellow Frenchmen Richard Gasquet, Adrian Mannarino, Gregoire Barrere and Edouard Roger Vasselin were also asked to self-isolate in their hotel rooms after Paires positive test
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Benoit Paire
French tennis player Benoit Paire has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. He will hence have to pull out of the US Open which is scheduled to start on Monday.
Paire, seeded 17th for the Grand Slam, arrived in New York last week to play the Western and Southern Open, a tune-up for the US Open. Paire appeared unwell during his opening round match and asked for medical help before retiring midway through it. According to French sports daily L'Equipe, he eventually tested positive for Covid-19.
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