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Konta forced to withdraw from Wimbledon due to virus close contact

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3 years ago

June 28, 2021

Olawale Alabi

Johanna Konta has withdrawn from Wimbledon after being classified as a close contact of a positive test for COVID-19, the tennis event’s organisers announced on Sunday.

A member of the British number one’s team showed COVID symptoms and a PCR test returned a positive result.

Konta will now be required to spend 10 days in self-isolation and will be replaced in the Wimbledon women singles draw by lucky loser Yafan Wang of China.

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