US Open champion Raducanu to isolate in Abu DhabiLewis Hamilton left off list hours after F1 title dramaEmma Raducanu has tested positive for Covid-19, on the same day she was confirmed as overwhelming favourite to win the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award.
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In a year of spectacular
British sporting success, Raducanu is odds-on with bookmakers after she was named on a six-person Spoty shortlist. But a positive Covid result means the teenager, who went through qualifying to win the
US Open without dropping a set, must now isolate in Abu Dhabi where she had been hoping to take part in the Mubadala exhibition tournament this week.