French Open winner Iga Swiatek will quarantine after contact with Covid-19

ByReuters

Updated 24/10/2020 at 09:05 GMT

French Open winner Iga Swiatek said on Saturday she feels good, but will quarantine, after she met Polish President Andrzej Duda who subsequently tested positive for coronavirus. The 19 year old became the first Polish player to win a Grand Slam singles title when she beat Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-1 in the French Open final.

Iga Swiatek of Poland

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Iga Swiatek will enter a period of quarantine after meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda. Duda would later test positive for Covid-19.

"Neither I nor members of my team have symptoms of coronavirus. We carry out tests regularly. We will quarantine ourselves in accordance with current procedures," the 19-year-old tennis star said in a Twitter post.

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Swiatek met with Duda after becoming the first Polish player to win a Grand Slam singles title. Such was her dominance she did not drop a set throughout the clay-court tournament at Roland Garros, and became the youngest winner since Monica Seles lifted the Suzanne Lenglen Cup in 1992.

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