World
number
23
Bencic
returned
a
positive
test,
along
with
Ons
Jabeur,
after
competing
at
the
Mubadala
World
Tennis
Championship
in
Abu
Dhabi.
The
pair
are
the
third
and
fourth
players
to
have
tested
positive
after
travelling
to
the
Abu
Dhabi
event,
following
2021
US
Open
winner
Emma
Raducanu
and
20-time
major
winner
Rafael
Nadal.
Bencic
wrote
on
Twitter:
“Unfortunately
and
even
though
I
am
fully
vaccinated,
I
recently
tested
positive
for
Covid-19.
“I
am
currently
isolating
and
taking
all
precautionary
[measures]
to
get
through
this
as
best
as
possible
as
I
am
experiencing
quite
severe
symptoms
(fever,
aches,
chills).”
The
Mubadala
World
Tennis
Championship
typically
serves
as
a
warm-up
event
prior
to
the
Australian
Open
which
is
due
to
begin
on
January
17
in
Melbourne.
World
number
10
Jabeur,
who
defeated
Bencic
in
Abu
Dhabi,
is
experiencing
“strong
symptoms”
and
isolating
in
her
native
Tunisia.
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