Spanish player feels ‘abandoned’ after positive coronavirus test: ‘It’s the worst experience of my career’

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Spain’s Paula Badosa has hit out at Australian Open organisers for “abandoning” her after testing positive for coronavirus, describing the quarantine conditions as “lamentable”.

The world No 67 returned a positive Covid-19 result upon arrival in Australia and under lockdown rules she won’t be allowed to leave her hotel room until January 31.

However, the 23-year-old says she has had no communication from officials.

“I’ve had no information from the tournament,” she told Spain’s Marca newspaper.

“I feel abandoned because I don’t have training equipment which I requested five days ago, I haven’t been told which type of the virus I have.

“It’s far and away the worst experience of my career. The conditions here are lamentable, I wasn’t expecting that.

“The number one thing people recommend when you have the virus is to open the windows to let in air, but I don’t have windows in my hotel room and it’s barely 15 metres square.

“I have lost a lot of my fitness levels, especially my strength. If I can come out on January 31 I’ll have a week to get in shape.

“If it’s February 5 it’ll be impossible to recover in time.”

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