Kei Nishikori's hopes of playing at the U.S. Open have faded further after the Japanese former world No.4 revealed he had tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time. The 30-year-old, a finallist at Flushing Meadows in 2014, withdrew from the Western & Southern Open hardcourt warm-up after his first positive test last week. RELATED| Kei Nishikori tests positive for COVID two weeks before US Open“Just a little update, I just took another COVID test and am still positive. I have very minimal symptoms and am staying in full isolation in Florida,” Nishikori posted on social media late on Friday. Defending champions Rafa Nadal and Bianca Andreescu as well as women's world number one Ash Barty are among those who have decided not to travel to New York.

Source: The Hindu August 22, 2020 03:33 UTC