Flipkens has to stay in New York despite the end

Defeat in singles, out in doubles: Actually, the Belgian tennis player Kirsten Flipkens would long ago have been on the plane back to Europe. But because, like some other players, she had contact with Frenchman Benoit Paire, who tested positive for the corona virus, during the US Open, she is not allowed to leave New York for the time being.

The coronavirus conditions of the organizers in New York stipulate that the professionals who belonged to Paire’s contact group “have to stay here for two more weeks, counting from the last contact with Benoit,” wrote Flipkens on Instagram. “That means until Friday, September 11th.”

Which would have far-reaching consequences for the Belgian. Due to the late departure, she would no longer have the opportunity to qualify for the Masters 1000 event in Rome. Since, as number 72 in the world, she would have no chance of starting the small tournament in Strasbourg in the week from September 20, she would have to play at the French Open in Paris, which starts on September 27, without any preparation for clay. Even though all of her coronavirus tests have been negative so far.

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