Wimbledon: tennis player reports on the "corona epidemic" at the French Open

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Alice Cornet at Wimbledon

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According to the French tennis player Alizé Cornet, there were more suspected corona cases than previously announced at the French Open.

There was a "corona epidemic" in Paris and a "non-disclosure agreement" among players, the 32-year-old told the sports newspaper "L'Équipe" at the classic lawn in Wimbledon.

"We won't test ourselves to avoid getting into trouble."

At the Grand Slam tournament in Paris from May 22nd to June 5th, there was no obligation to test or vaccinate the professionals.

Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova announced during the tournament that she had tested positive for the corona virus.

"Everyone in the dressing room had it and we didn't say anything," said Cornet.

Petkovic also got infected in Paris

In the meantime, the first corona cases had already occurred in Wimbledon.

Before their first-round games in Wimbledon, Italian co-favorite Matteo Berrettini and Marin Cilic had withdrawn from Croatia because of positive corona tests.

She does not hope that the organizers would now react by introducing a corona protocol, said the 32-year-old Cornet.

Andrea Petkovic reported on Tuesday that she had caught Corona in Paris and then fell ill.

"I've been really sick for three days and then flat out for five days, I couldn't have played like that," said the 34-year-old.

Petkovic assumes that she got infected in Paris, where for the first time there was no longer a mask requirement in the dressing room.

She initially wore a mask for the first three days.

»Then people gave me such stupid looks because I was the only one.«

Andrea Petkovic has already been eliminated at Wimbledon.

Cornet, on the other hand, won against Yulia Putintseva in the first round and will face Claire Liu from the USA in the second round.

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