Nadal positive for virus after returning from Abu Dhabi

MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal tested affirmative for the coronavirus aft playing successful an accumulation tourney successful Abu Dhabi, the Spaniard said Monday.

Nadal wrote connected Twitter that the affirmative effect came from a PCR trial helium took aft arriving successful Spain.

Nadal said helium is enduring “unpleasant moments” but hopes to amended “little by little.” He is successful isolation astatine location and everyone who has been successful interaction with him was informed of his affirmative result.

Among those perchance successful interaction with Nadal was Spain’s erstwhile monarch, Juan Carlos I, who has been surviving successful the United Arab Emirates since allegations of fiscal scandals swirled and embarrassed the Spanish royal household past year.

According to Spain’s El Mundo newspaper, Nadal and Juan Carlos, who is 83, shared a repast earlier the player’s lucifer connected Friday. The insubstantial besides published photos of some of them posing unneurotic without masks.

Nadal said helium had been tested each 2 days portion distant and each results had travel backmost negative, with the past 1 connected Saturday.

Nadal said that arsenic a effect of the affirmative effect helium volition person to beryllium flexible with his playing schedule. He said helium volition analyse his upcoming options depending connected his condition.

Nadal played his archetypal lucifer successful much than 4 months connected Friday, losing successful consecutive sets to Andy Murray astatine the accumulation tourney successful Abu Dhabi. The 20-time Grand Slam champion’s chronic ft wounded had forced him to beryllium retired the last months of this season.

Nadal had not competed since aboriginal August erstwhile helium mislaid to Lloyd Harris successful Washington. He missed Wimbledon, the Tokyo Olympics and the U.S. Open.