- USTA acts in the wake of Benoît Paire’s positive Covid-19 test
- ‘Close contacts’ of Frenchman to isolate and test daily
The United States Tennis Association has altered its safety protocols in order to allow numerous players to compete at the US Open who may have been exposed to Covid-19. The change comes after Benoît Paire’s withdrawal from the tournament after he tested positive for the virus.
Under the initial US Open protocols in a document sent to players in early August, “close contacts” to those infected would have to be quarantined for 14 days under NY State Department of Health and CDC guidelines.