{"id":57528,"date":"2021-04-13T11:28:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=57528"},"modified":"2021-04-13T13:58:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T13:58:08","slug":"covid-19-forces-medvedev-out-of-monte-carlo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=57528","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 forces Medvedev out of Monte Carlo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in the tennis world with world No.2 <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/daniil-medvedev\" title=\"Daniil Medvedev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniil Medvedev<\/a> forced to withdraw from the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/monte-carlo-masters\" title=\"Monte Carlo Masters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monte Carlo Masters<\/a> after testing positive to the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev has been placed in isolation after his positive test and is currently being monitored, with the ATP confirming the news of his withdrawal in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s a big disappointment not to play in Monte Carlo,&quot; Medvedev said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;My focus is now on recovery, and I look forward to getting back out on tour as soon and as safely as possible.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"5a586d40-1989-4698-8bba-6c0f5ab36ab4\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/5a586d40-1989-4698-8bba-6c0f5ab36ab4\" alt=\" Daniil Medvedev of Russia plays a backhand in his Men&#x27;s Singles Final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during day 14 of the 2021 Australian Open at Melbourne Park \" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Medvedev&#x27;s positive test comes after the ATP posted a video of his practice session in Monte Carlo with <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rafael-nadal\" title=\"Rafael Nadal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rafael Nadal<\/a>. It is unclear whether Medvedev&#x27;s positive test will impact the Spaniard at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Open finalist was slated to face the winner of Serbia&#x27;s Filip Krajinovic and Georgia&#x27;s Nikoloz Basilashvili in the second round after receiving a first-round bye.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev has been replaced in the draw by Argentina&#x27;s Juan Ignacio Londero, who is currently ranked 94th in the world. He was also withdrawn from the doubles competition.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here! \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in the tennis world with world No.2 Daniil Medvedev forced to withdraw from the Monte Carlo Masters after testing positive <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=57528\" title=\"COVID-19 forces Medvedev out of Monte Carlo\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57528"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57530,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57528\/revisions\/57530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}