Anisimova tests positive for COVID-19 - report

[January 09, 2021]    (Reuters) - American world number 30 Amanda Anisimova has tested positive for COVID-19, Tennis Channel reported on Friday.

The 19-year-old has not confirmed the result but she is not competing at the WTA tournament in Abu Dhabi.

Amanda Anisimova of the U.S in action during her second round match against Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska Pool via REUTERS/Clive Brunskill/File Photo

In an Instagram post on Friday which included a crying emoji, she wrote: "I want to play."

The hard-hitting Anisimova is among a crop of rising American women making waves in the sport, a group that includes Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin, 22, and 16-year-old Coco Gauff.

Anisimova won her maiden tour-level title on the Bogota clay in April 2019 and reached a career-high ranking of 21 six months later.

(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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