NEW YORK — French tennis player Benoit Paire tested positive for the coronavirus and was removed from the U.S. Open field, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Sunday.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because Paire’s status had not been announced by the U.S. Tennis Association.
The 31-year-old Paire was seeded 17th and was supposed to face Kamil Majchrzak of Poland in the first round on Tuesday.
Contact tracing will now be used to determine who might have been exposed to Paire and needs to be quarantined.