Coach reveals he was positive COVID-19 case on Abu Dhabi flight
Bianca Andreescu's coach says he was the positive coronavirus case aboard the flight from Abu Dhabi to Melbourne.
Forty-seven players across two flights were forced into hard quarantine for two weeks from Saturday after two of the Australian Open charter flights carrying players to Melbourne had COVID-19 positive cases. Twenty-three of those players were on the flight from Abu Dhabi.
Sylvain Bruneau has released a statement saying he had followed all protocols and procedures, including producing a negative test within 72 hours before the flight departure and has "no idea how I might have contracted the virus".
"I am extremely saddened and sorry for the consequences now on everyone's shoulders sharing my flight. The rest of my team is negative and I sincerely hope that any further disruption is kept to a minimum," he said.
Bianca Andreescu of Canada speaks to her coach Sylvain Bruneau after sustaining an injury to her left leg during a break in her Women's Singles match against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic on Day Four of the 2019 Shiseido WTA Finals at Shenzhen Bay Sports Center on October 30, 2019 in Shenzhen, China.
The other flight, from Los Angeles to Melbourne, had two positive cases on board - a crew member, and an Australian Open participant who is not a player. As a result, 24 players were sent into hard quarantine.
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