Hungarian tennis players reportedly using fake Covid-19 certificates to compete abroad

The Hungarian Tennis Association has launched an investigation into reports that alleged fake Covid-19 certificates were issued to players and coaches in order for them to travel and compete abroad. 

This investigation comes after news outlet 24.hu published information claiming to be in possession of an email from Hungarian tennis player Katalin Morosi. 

The 42-year-old won 15 singles titles on the ITF circuit and reached the second round of Wimbledon back in 2000. 

Morosi, who was serving as the national team coordinator, supposedly sent this letter to players and parents of underage players requesting their details in order to produce fake certificates. 

The email reportedly requested players’ names, number’s, dates of birth, addresses and mothers’ names. 

According to 24.hu, a quote from the purported email reads: “We need a PCR test for the kids. Now we can solve this by [you] sending me the following data and our doctor will find the issue. The kids will get away with the test.”

The Hungarian Tennis Association held an emergency meeting last week and confirmed Marosi had been sacked from her position with immediate effect. 

Meanwhile, Hungarian Davis Cup captain Gábor Köves revealed that he didn’t need any documentation for last year’s competition but was issued a certificate as he was fully vaccinated. 

Speaking to 24.hu, he said: “Before the Davis Cup in Turin, as a man with full protection, three vaccinations, I was handed a piece of paper that I didn’t need, I could have travelled without it.

“Only someone who had not been vaccinated at all needed a homemade PCR test to enter. I found it all weird because the directors did PCR tests on the spot.”

The Hungarian Tennis Association has vowed to look into the