In between the pack et Wimbledon, the covid has unfortunately regained its place on the front page of sports news. It remains to be seen whether the epidemic is really resurfacing now or whether it was hidden by tournament organizers in the previous weeks. In any case, this is what Alizée Cornet said about Roland-Garros, after her victory in the first round of Wimbledon against Putintseva on Tuesday.
“We’re not going to test ourselves to get ourselves into trouble…”
“At Roland-Garros there was an epidemic of Covid-19 and no one spoke about it. In the locker room, everyone had it and we said nothing. When we see that Krejcikova withdraws and that the whole locker room is sick… We may have all had the flu, three symptoms, an itchy throat and we play, everything is fine. At Roland-Garros, there must have been a few cases and it had to be an agreement tacit between us. We’re not going to self-test to get ourselves in trouble. I’ve seen girls wear masks because they didn’t want to pass it on… But I won’t say more about it.”
Words that will certainly be controversial against the backdrop of a health scandal. And who risk putting the director of the tournament, Amélie Mauresmo, in the embarrassment…