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US Open removes Benoit Paire from Grand Slam field after positive test for COVID-19 – Wide World of Sports
Contract tracing to determined further exposure
By AP — French tennis player Benoit Paire tested positive for the coronavirus and was removed from the US Open field, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Paire is the first player to test positive ahead of the Grand Slam tournament, which begins Monday without spectators amid the pandemic.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because Paire’s status had not been announced by the US Tennis Association. The USTA later issued a statement sayi…
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