Sydney: Australian tennis player Alex de Miniur will miss the Olympics after testing Positive Covid-19, according to the State Olympic official.
De Minaur, the Australian Australian player is ranked top, restoring a positive test for the virus in Spain – where he lives – earlier this week, according to local media.
“We were very disappointed with Alex; he said that he was destroyed,” said the Australian Olympic boss Ian Chernerman to the media in Tokyo, where the pandemic-delayed match would be held.
“It’s a dream because he is a child to represent Australia at the Olympics.” The 22-year-old child was because he played single and doubled in the match, with the organizer of the wait to confirm if De Minaur’s double partner John Peers could still compete.
Even though the team was disappointed, the test results were a sign that the system to protect Covid’s free bubbles for athletes in Tokyo worked, said Chestererman.
All other Australian players have been tested negatively, and de Minaur has not been physically related to other tennis players since testing negatively when leaving Wimbledon, he added.
World loss number 17 reduces the Australian team into five men and five women, including World number one Barty Ash and former US Open Champion Sam Stosur, who will go to the fifth Olympics.