U.S. Open officials have conducted more than 7,000 tests to ensure the safety of 365 players who are in the modified bubble in New York.
Asked if he were surprised at Paire's test result, Austria's Dominic Thiem, the No. 2 seed, said, "There's so many people involved in this tournament. The possibility that somebody is going to be positive is pretty high. I just wish all the best to Benoit. Hopefully nobody else is positive, as well.""I think there is no safer place in the world right now than here. Maybe you can lock yourself somewhere in a cave or something, I don't know, in the middle of the sea.
Each day before entry, every person has to fill out a digital health questionnaire and have a temperature screening. All 365 players were tested upon arrival, and had to be negative to get a credential. A second test was administered 48 hours later; follow-up tests are required every four days.That’s right. A world-class city is a long forehand away, and it’s closed.
The biggest single sporting event to be held in the U.S. since March, the Open has long been the brassiest and loudest stop of the tennis year, a rollicking two weeks in Queens that typically packs in heat, humidity and the occasional 2 a.m. finish in Arthur Ashe Stadium, the world’s biggest tennis venue. Tournament officials’ hope was that the only noise that came out of this year’s tournament would involve tennis, but Paire’s positive test for COVID-19 scuttled that, at least for now.
“All of these put together decrease the likelihood that someone is going to run into someone with COVID-19 symptoms,” Dr. Bernard Camins, the Medical Director for Infection Prevention for the Mt. Sinai Health Systems, and a member of the USTA Medical Advisory Group, told USA TODAY Sports. “We can’t guarantee it will be zero – nobody can do that – but by doing all this we can make sure even if someone tests positive, we can minimize the number of people who are exposed.
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