First to test positive for Kovid-19 at the Australian Open, Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa condemned her forced quarantine situation. “The conditions we are here in are unfortunate, I did not expect that (from the organizers)”, the athlete revealed in an interview with the Spanish newspaper Marca. He and 72 other players were transferred to hotels. They will have to undergo social isolation for 14 days due to confirmation of new coronavirus cases.
Baidosa said, “The first thing to do when you have a virus is to open the windows of the rooms when you have the virus so that air can flow. I have no windows and my room is barely 15 square meters.” It is clear that what I breathe is the virus. I asked for cleaning products like vacuum cleaners, and they gave me nothing. “
The Australian Open organization said it would provide material to tennis players in quarantine. Some of them converted their rooms into gyms. However, Badosa claims to feel “abandoned” for not receiving “training material”.
The tennis player is in doubt as to whether she might be infected on an outward trip to Australia or her previous stay in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, where she played in the first tournament of the 2021 season.
“If I were infected in Abu Dhabi, there are more options than coronaviruses,” he said, noting that the most contagious British strain of Kovid-19 was detected on his plane. Badosa explained that “if he had the usual virus”, he would leave between 30 or 31 of this month, but if he was a British strain, he would leave on February 5, three days before the competition began.
