COVID sinner Sam Querrey gets away with it almost unscathed
Sam Querrey , who fled St. Petersburg in autumn 2020 after a positive corona test, was punished extremely mildly by the ATP.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Dec 30, 2020, 10:39 pm
Sam Querrey will not forget the trip to St. Petersburg in autumn 2020 anytime soon: The American traveled to Russia with his wife and child and tested positive for the corona virus there. As a result, the entire Querrey family should have gone into quarantine. Where to? Opinions differed: in an apartment that the organizer wanted to provide? Or to a hospital in St. Petersburg?
Querrey had no desire for one or the other. And fled the Russian metropolis with his wife Abby and their son Ford Austin in a rented private plane. Allegedly in the direction of a Baltic state. The 33-year-old has now appeared again and will start at the season opening tournament in Delray Beach. And that without the burden of punishment.
Because the ATP announced on Wednesday that Querrey had committed a serious violation of the Corona rules. That was only worth a fine of US $ 20,000 for the players' association. Which was then also suspended: Querrey only has to pay if he is guilty of another rule violation like the one in St. Petersburg in the next six months. As reasons for the mild sentence, the ATP named on its website, among other things, the merits of the US veteran, who was also a member of the players' council for a while, as well as his always impeccable behavior.