After qualifying for the round of 16 of the US Open following the retirement of Madison Keys, Alizé Cornet commented on the exclusion of his compatriot Kristina Mladenovic. The French player was not authorized to play a doubles match because she is a contact case of Benoit Paire, who tested positive for Covid-19.
Alizé Cornet is “shocked” by the decision of the health authorities to exclude Kristina Mladenovic from the US Open women’s doubles tournament, for having been in close contact with Benoît Paire who tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday.
“I wrote to him for news, said the French player after obtaining her ticket for the round of 16 after the abandonment of her American opponent Madison Keys. I don’t have all the elements but it’s very weird . She can play her two singles matches and her round in doubles and suddenly she’s thrown out of the tournament! It’s very brutal. Plus she has to stay in quarantine even though she’s been tested negative every day for ten days. days. I repeat: this is brutal. “
“Very sad for her”
“I’m not sure what to think but what is certain is that I am very sad for her, very sad that she has to stay here when she could be at home. Everyone wants to go home. home once the tournament is over. Now she has to stay here. I know that is part of the protocols, but again: it’s pretty brutal to be kicked out like this, “Cornet concluded.
For having been in “close contact” with Benoît Paire who tested positive for the coronavirus, Kristina Mladenovic was also excluded from the US Open, when she was to play a women’s doubles match with her partner, the Hungarian Timea Babos. They were removed from the women’s doubles table, by decision of Nassau County which requires the Frenchwoman to “remain in her room for the remainder of her quarantine period”. Which must end not until next week.
