“We can go out for food, we can do whatever we want, so it’s normal for more people to become infected with coronavirus,” said the third deployed Zverev after a smooth win over home John Millman. “I think many players already had it on arrival, others have it now. They don’t test us, if they did, there would probably be more positive cases,” added the Olympic winner from Tokyo.
Tennis players have to do antigenic self-tests daily, pass a more accurate PCR test upon arrival and then undergo it after five to seven days. The measures have previously been criticized by, for example, Australian Bernard Tomic, who later contracted himself.
The 24-year-old Zverev follows all precautions to avoid infection. “I don’t go anywhere, not even for food. I only move between the hotel and the courts, I actually created my own bubble. I don’t want to take any chances, on the contrary I do everything for the best possible result,” said the winner of 19 ATP tournaments, His maximum in Melbourne is the semifinals of the previous year, in the same year he played the finals of the US Open.
