- Roland Garros qualifiers already hit by at least two positives
- Djokovic beats Diego Schwartzman, Halep takes women’s title
Novak Djokovic, who beat Diego Schwartzman, 7-5, 6-3, in Rome on Monday to win a record 36th ATP Masters title, heads for Paris as worried as everyone else in the game that at least two players trying to qualify for the French Open have tested positive for Covid-19.
The US Open just about escaped from under the cloud of the pandemic in New York, but a minor outbreak in the locker room at Roland Garros during qualifying this week has cast a pall over the final slam of the season, scheduled to start on Sunday against the backdrop of a rising curve in the virus throughout France.
