The athlete has been placed in isolation in a specialized hospital
Bulgarian tennis player Victoria Tomova has tested positive for COVID-19, Vanni Gibertini from „Ubitennis“ reported on his twitter account.
First player positive to COVID-19 in Palermo. It's Viktoriya Tomova (BUL, #130), now replaced by an alternate in the qualifying draw. The player has now been isolated in a designated hospital. She is asymptomatic. #WTA #PalermoLadiesOpen https://t.co/7RaGR322L6
— Vanni Gibertini (@vgibertini) August 1, 2020
The athlete has been placed in isolation in a specialized hospital, but has shown no symptoms so far. Tomova was supposed to start her qualifying match against Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine), but was replaced by Daniela Seguel (Chile).
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The WTA Palermo Open is the comeback event which marks the resuming of the tennis season after a five-month halt.
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