February 1 is firming as the likely Australian Open start date but the Victorian government are standing firm on their insistence on all players serving a 14-day quarantine period before beginning their preparation for the grand slam.players have been advised the Australian Open will most likely start on February 1, pending Victorian government approval for them to travel to Melbourne in the first week of January.
Sources have said the Victorian government are yet to be convinced anything other than a hard two-week quarantine - which will mean players cannot train - will be acceptable, but discussions with Tennis Australia, the ATP and WTA are ongoing.TA remain hopeful they can find middle ground which would allow players to prepare for the rigours of a grand slam tournament while remaining isolated from the Victorian community.
Top officials at TA hope 10 days of preparation after quarantine will be sufficient to convince stars the trip to Melbourne will be worthwhile. Players would have a handful of days to train after the 14-day quarantine period before lead-up tournaments begin in place of the ATP Cup. The Australian Open would then start on February 1 and run for a fortnight.
While neither TA nor the Victorian government have signed off on the plan, multiple sources said some reports the tournament could be delayed until March or April were well off the mark.
samphillips06 They need to cancel it.
samphillips06 They are not specially
samphillips06 Good , we don’t want super spreader COVIDIDIOTS like Djokovic in Melbourne. Our lockdown freedoms have been to hard won. If privileged ausopen players don’t like the conditions, don’t come simples
samphillips06 If you have no fever and no corona before travel chances are you won’t have corona or fever when you land in destination country. They implying that flying internationally you might catch corona 30k feet in the sky at minus temperatures? Go figure.
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