The Lower Austrian, who was suffering from mild symptoms, announced this on Wednesday via Instagram. This means that his planned appearance at the ATP event in Marrakech next week will probably be over.
“It looks like good news doesn’t last long lately. Yesterday I felt unwell after dinner and didn’t have a good night. After experiencing mild symptoms this morning I decided to take a test which showed a positive Covid -brought results”, explained Thiem. It is unclear how long the ex-US Open champion, who has just returned to play after a nine-month break from a wrist injury, will be out. He now has to wait and see how the infection develops, said the 28-year-old.
During his comeback on Tuesday, the top seeded player from Lichtenwörther had beaten the world number 228. Argentina’s Pedro Cachin was beaten 3-6, 4-6. In the case of the former number three in the world, however, the joy of the return and the confidence that there would soon be an increase through match practice prevailed. “You can all imagine how happy I am to have been back on the tennis court and doing what I love most: playing tennis competitively. I felt like a player again. The result was the bitterness of it, but this is just the beginning of a long road back to my best game.”
However, further matches may be a little longer in coming. His next planned tournaments after Marrakech before the corona infection were Monte Carlo (from April 10th) and Belgrade (18th).
Source: Nachrichten
