A Spanish tennis player who was forced to quarantine in her hotel room in Melbourne after potentially being exposed to the coronavirus on an Australian Open charter flight says she has tested positive for COVID-19.
Paula Badosa, a 23-year-old who reached the fourth round at last year’s French Open and is ranked in the top 70, wrote early on Friday morning on Twitter that she received her test result for the illness caused by the coronavirus on the seventh day of her hard quarantine.
Paula Badosa said she was not feeling well after receiving her positive COVID-19 result.Credit:AP
“I have some bad news,” Badosa said in a post written in Spanish and English.
“Today I received a positive COVID-19 test result. I’m feeling unwell and have some symptoms, but I’ll try to recover as soon as possible listening to the doctors. I’ve been taken to a health hotel to self-isolate and be monitored.”
