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Benoit Paire of France returns a shot to Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland on Day 5 of the Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest Tennis Complex in Winston Salem, North Carolina. on Aug. 25, 2021. Grant Halverson/Getty Images
French tennis player Benoit Paire has tested positive for COVID-19 just weeks before the Australian Open gets underway on Jan. 17, 2022.
The sportsman, 32, revealed on Wednesday that he had contracted the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, and admitted regular quarantining had taken a toll on his mental health.
