Damir Dzumhur's coach called Roland Garros organizers "inhuman on Tuesday, Sept. 22 for excluding the Bosnian player from the tournament, because the coach failed a coronavirus test.
Whereas the three-week Tour reached Paris last Sunday having pulled off the coup of getting through the country's worsening epidemic without any virus positives among its 176 riders, the French Open isn't proving so lucky with its timing.
Forget congratulated him for the cycling roadshow that drew smaller but still sizable and enthusiastic crowds, and looked forward to welcoming 5,000 spectators per day at Roland Garros.
Tournament organizers have also been drawn into a spat over their virus testing regime with the coach of a virus-excluded player.
Vehicles that are disinfected after each trip ferry players to Roland Garros.