Tennis-Tomic's COVID-19 prediction comes true as he tests positive

FILE PHOTO: Aug 4, 2019; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Bernard Tomic of Australia reacts after defeating Marc Polmans of Australia (not pictured) during the Rogers Cup tennis tournament at Stade IGA. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports

(Reuters) - Bernard Tomic, who felt he was suffering from COVID-19 symptoms during his Australian Open qualifying loss on Tuesday, said he had indeed tested positive for the virus on Thursday.

The 29-year-old Australian told the chair umpire during the match against Russia's Roman Safiullin that he would test positive "in two days" and that proved to be accurate.