Japanese tennis sensation Kei Nishikori has announced that he has been tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday and thus withdrew himself from the Western and Southern Open. This morning, while still in Florida, I got tested for COVID-19 and tested positive," Nishikori said in a statement posted on social media. Based in Florida, Nishikori had planned to fly to New York on Monday for the Western and Southern Open, an event usually played in Cincinnati but moved to the US Open site in New York because of COVID-19. The two events will be both played at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in Flushing Meadows, Xinhua reported. Under those rules, Nishikori's isolation would end on August 26, five days before the US Open begins in New York.

Source: dna August 17, 2020 06:22 UTC