‘Hard times for athletes’: Spanish star Bautista Agut apologises for quarantine outburst

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The world no. 13 has apologised for criticising the Victorian government's handling of the Australian Open quarantine saga after he compared his lockdown to prison, saying the comments were private and taken out of context.

Spanish tennis star Roberto Bautista Agut says a private conversation in which he compared his mandatory lockdown in a Melbourne quarantine hotel to prison was taken out of context.

Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley said some players may have "brushed off" advice that 14-day hard quarantine was on the table if they were close contacts of positive COVID-19 cases. Soon after, tournament organisers disputed the department's numbers, with Mr Tiley suggesting during a press conference that the six cases in the Australian Open contingent were among "player entourages".

 

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