Bencic tests positive for Covid after Abu Dhabi event

Olympic tennis champion Belinda Bencic has tested positive for Covid-19 after her trip to Abu Dhabi and has “severe symptoms”, she said on Tuesday, a day after Rafael Nadal announced he had also tested positive. Both players had travelled to Abu Dhabi to play in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event last week. Nadal […]

Bencic tests positive for Covid after Abu Dhabi event

Belinda Bencic

Olympic tennis champion Belinda Bencic has tested positive for Covid-19 after her trip to Abu Dhabi and has “severe symptoms”, she said on Tuesday, a day after Rafael Nadal announced he had also tested positive.

Both players had travelled to Abu Dhabi to play in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event last week.

Nadal also said he was having some “unpleasant moments after testing positive upon his return to Spain.

“Unfortunately, and even though I am fully vaccinated, I recently tested positive for Covid-19,” Bencic said on Twitter.