Bencic Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Abu Dhabi Event, Has ‘Severe Symptoms’

Bencic Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Abu Dhabi Event, Has ‘Severe Symptoms’
Switzerland's Belinda Bencic in action during her match against Tunisia's Ons Jabeur during Mubadala World Tennis Championship at International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 16, 2021. Christopher Pike/Reuters
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Olympic tennis champion Belinda Bencic has tested positive for COVID-19 after her trip to Abu Dhabi and has “severe symptoms,” she said on Tuesday, a day after Rafa Nadal announced he had also tested positive.

Both players had traveled to Abu Dhabi to play in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event last week. Nadal also said he was having some “unpleasant moments” after testing positive upon his return to Spain.