Concern as player boards Australian Open flight despite positive test
published : 14 Jan 2021 at 14:45 Tennys Sandgren has twice tested positive to Covid-19
MELBOURNE - Tennis chiefs insisted America s Tennys Sandgren was not a coronavirus risk after he sparked a flurry of concern by tweeting he d boarded a flight for the Australian Open in Melbourne despite testing positive.
The world number 50 is among more than 1,200 players and support staff arriving in Australia from Thursday for 14 days quarantine ahead of the delayed Grand Slam, which is due to start on February 8.
Sandgren sent out a series of tweets before his departure from Los Angeles, initially saying he tested positive on Monday and would miss his flight.