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Anthony Pero's wild ride to Michigan State tennis now has him in Germany riding out pandemic

Travel restrictions from COVID-19 outbreak caused major delays at the Dallas/Fort Worth and Chicago-O'Hare International Airports. USA TODAY

One minute, Anthony Pero was ready to board a bus to Ann Arbor for a rivalry match in the heart of the Big Ten men’s tennis season.

A few days later, the Michigan State sophomore sat on a plane crossing the Atlantic Ocean, nervous like everyone else around him.

As MSU students and athletes left campus in the early stages of the shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pero – who grew up in metro Detroit – returned to Germany.