French Open semi-finalist Marin Cilic has been forced to withdraw from Wimbledon after he tested positive for Covid on Monday - just days after the former finalist trained with defending champion Novak Djokovic.
The Croatian was set to potentially face men’s Grand Slam all-time record leader Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals and he was seen playing on Centre Court with Djokovic last Thursday. Cilic was scheduled to face American Mackenzie McDonald in the first round.
Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion, reached the Wimbledon final in 2017 where he lost in straight sets to Roger Federer. The 33-year-old took to social media to confirm he was suffering from Covid after an earlier statement by the All England Club suggested Cilic had withdrawn due to ‘illness’.
