2021 Runner-up Matteo Berrettini Says He is Out Of Wimbledon With COVID-19
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Italy's Matteo Berrettini, the 2021 Wimbledon runner-up and a title favorite this yr, pulled out of the match on Tuesday after testing optimistic for coronavirus. "I'm heartbroken to announce that I have to withdraw from @wimbledon attributable to a optimistic COVID-19 check outcome," the 26-year-old Italian wrote on Instagram. Berrettini was extensively considered one of many largest threats to defending champion Novak Djokovic on the All England Membership, having captured back-to-back grass-court titles in Stuttgart and Queen's.
He's the second man to withdraw from Wimbledon with Covid in two days after 2017 runner-up Marin Cilic of Croatia additionally examined optimistic.
"I've had flu signs and been isolating the previous couple of days," Berrettini mentioned in his assertion.
"Regardless of signs not being extreme, I made a decision it was essential to take one other check this morning to guard the well being and security of my fellow opponents and everybody else concerned within the match.
"I've no phrases to explain the intense disappointment I really feel. The dream is over for this yr, however I might be again stronger."
Berrettini was a possible semi-final opponent of two-time champion Rafael Nadal.
As an alternative his place within the Wimbledon first spherical might be taken by Sweden's Elias Ymer, a fortunate loser from qualifying.
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Ymer will face Chile's Christian Garin later Tuesday within the first spherical.
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