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.

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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