Friday. 22.11.2024

Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss the upcoming Davis Cup finals.

The Davis Cup tweeted on Thursday that a player had gone into isolation and the 18-year-old Alcaraz revealed on Instagram he was the man in question and very sad to "miss such an important and special event."

All other Spanish players were ongoing a new round of PCR tests.

The Davis Cup finals in Madrid, Innsbruck and Turin started on Thursday and run until December 5.

Spain's Alcaraz tests positive for coronavirus, misses Davis Cup