Tennis returns to New York with a bubble shape

The health “bubble” for the return of men’s professional tennis in New York (the women’s already returned in Palermo, Italy, at the beginning of the month) this Tuesday threw its first positive case of coronavirus. This was confirmed by United States Tennis Association (Usta, for its acronym in English).

This is the first positive out of 1,400 tests that were made from August 13 to Tuesday to all those involved in the Cincinnati Masters, which this Thursday will begin its classification instance with the Cordovan Juan Ignacio Londero as one of the three Argentines in that phase.

“As soon as we arrived, he picked us up for transportation to the airport and took us directly to the hotel. After doing the check inWe went to a convention room that is used for swabs and blood tests. We stayed locked in the room until we had the results and only then were we able to leave the hotel. 48 hours later they swabbed us again, “he told World D Agustín Caceras, manager of the tennis player Jesús María.

For this reason, in its announcement on Tuesday, the Usta spoke of a “controlled environment.”

It was reported that the infected is not a player, that he is asymptomatic and that he must be isolated for 10 days. By protocol, your contacts will be followed up to determine if they too should isolate themselves.

“It is excellently organized. In all the details ”, assured Caceras and pointed out some details that make the“ bubble ”. “All communication is via text message and e-mails of the organization ”.

The Cincinnati Masters moved to New York to be played as a prelude to the US Open. His main draw will begin on Saturday and conclude on Friday 28. Three days later, in the same New York Flushing Meadows, the American Grand Slam will begin.

The players and their teams (they were in a small group) stay at a hotel near the JF Kennedy airport and the tournament venue, in the Queen’s neighborhood. For all of them, it is forbidden to mobilize on their own and visit places outside the organization.

“What is going to be done is, with the tournament transportation, go, play and come back. You cannot be at the club beyond training time or matches, ”explained Caceras.

“El Topito”, on a high level

In this context, the Buenos Aires Diego Schwartzman and Guido Pella from Bahia work, who have their place in the main draw of the tournament. “El Topito” Londero, Federico Coria from Santa Fe and Federico Delbonis from Buenos Aires train to win a place from the qualy.

On the first day of work in New York, the Cordovan “hit him a little bit” with Coria. The training was indoor, since the rain was constant.

But as the hours passed, the demand increased and the next day Londero played a set “On a high level” with the German Alexander Zverev. “It was a training of one hour and 15 minutes, approximately. And it was great. Juan played very very well. They played a set and Juan won 7/5, playing a very good level ”, revealed an enthusiastic Caceras. And apparently in Cordoba, he assured that everyone in the team is “super happy and hopeful.”

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