Forty-seven players across two flights were forced into hard quarantine for two weeks from Saturday after two of the Australian Open charter flights carrying players to Melbourne had COVID-19 positive cases. Twenty-three of those players were on the flight from Abu Dhabi, the others from Los Angeles.
Belinda Bencic was among the players who took to social media to air their disappointment with their situation.show on Sunday morning that the players were warned the final decision on who would have to do hard quarantine if there was a positive test on a flight was always going to be up to the health authorities.
"We never know what the situation or decision would be coming in, and that has been made, and now we have to manage an environment over the next 14 days for those players who unfortunately are not going to have the same conditions as those who are able to get out and practise." "But we are in this situation, we have to deal with it, the Australian Open is going ahead. And we will continue to do the best we can possibly do to ensure those players have what is not a great situation, one that is somewhat acceptable."
"It's far from ideal obviously, but COVID is far from ideal," she said. "Every Victorian and everyone who wishes to be in Victoria needs to abide by the rules. Whether they are playing or non-playing staff … all the prerequisites were made very, very clear."
AusOpen AnthColangelo To bad for them. I’m sure the pay check will ease the pain. Don’t like our rules? Sign the visitor book and piss off.
AusOpen AnthColangelo Well then they're as thick as two short planks and oblivious to the real world then!
AusOpen AnthColangelo Typical shit reporting. Or players (if they actually exist) with tiny pea brains... or both! No one with half a brain would think they could wander around after someone on the flight they were on tested positive. But no, you must be part of the bitch and moan brigade!
AusOpen AnthColangelo Well what do they expect, to be able to walk around spreading Covid, just because they've come from places that aren't as strict in dealing with Covid. 🙄Spare me the tears 😭😭😭no sympathy AT ALL
AusOpen AnthColangelo I find that very hard to believe.🙄😷
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AusOpen AnthColangelo Welcome to Victoristan! Dictator Dan will be with you shortly...
AusOpen AnthColangelo They are bloody lucky to be here at all, send them home AustralianOpen VicGovDHHS VictorianCHO . They don’t have to participate and win millions. Why are their doors not locked also and we are having these breaches ffs? COVID19Vic COVID19Aus auspol AustralianOpen AusOpen
AusOpen AnthColangelo They'll cope.
AusOpen AnthColangelo They clearly didn’t read, or didn’t *cough* comprehend, the conditions of their entry to Australia.
AusOpen AnthColangelo What do I do now?
AusOpen AnthColangelo Let them out.
AusOpen AnthColangelo They thought they’d be able to go about their business? Because they’re special?
AusOpen AnthColangelo How about just cancel the whole tournament send overseas players back home and bring our people home from interstate
AusOpen AnthColangelo You get a $100,000 for a first round loss! Suck it up you spoilt shits
AusOpen AnthColangelo How do you give them advance notice if you govern by creeping assumption?
AusOpen AnthColangelo Not true!
AusOpen AnthColangelo What on earth did they expect?
AusOpen AnthColangelo 🎻🎻🎻
AusOpen AnthColangelo They were told.
AusOpen AnthColangelo Actually this now appears incorrect and you should take down the article.
AusOpen AnthColangelo Not newsworthy next
AusOpen AnthColangelo What about all those working at the AusOpen? No one is talking about their safety from infected players.
AusOpen AnthColangelo You would have been told.. but thought we're ok.. we won't get caught.. and if we are we're special!!
AusOpen AnthColangelo what a load of 'princesses'! we dont want them here. if they don't like it get on a plane and $%^ off to where you came from. We don't want you or your virus in Australia.
protect_the_CFA AusOpen AnthColangelo Diddums.
AusOpen AnthColangelo Bad luck for them another dan cluster f k 🎾🎾
AusOpen AnthColangelo It was well known Tell em to piss off and take the disease with them I can’t wait till someone can say that corona started in America
AusOpen AnthColangelo Always amazed at the feigned indignation of the privileged What the hell did they think would happen? A quick dash to the closest nightclub?
AusOpen AnthColangelo They can fuck right off then.
AusOpen AnthColangelo So what?
GoldCoastNurse AusOpen AnthColangelo Happy for them to leave the country if it’s too tuff?
AusOpen AnthColangelo Australia do the same wrong hoteljail with anyone enter to the country. SkilledMigrants internationalstudents ScottMorrisonMP AnnastaciaMP DanielAndrewsMP AlexHawkeMP ausgov GregHuntMP UN
AusOpen AnthColangelo Well off ya go if it’s not too your liking bye
AusOpen AnthColangelo Seems they were told
AusOpen AnthColangelo Once again very poor reporting. Rather than using the word ‘crisis’ just report what is going on. Turned me off reading
AusOpen AnthColangelo Can’t they read?
PoliBard AusOpen AnthColangelo Oh Dear, How Sad, Never Mind. Lovely Boys 😎😎😎😎😎
AusOpen AnthColangelo Get over it. I did this so you can do that and i don't want to have to do it again so you can kerp your bs ranking
AusOpen AnthColangelo Sure, maybe it could have been communicated better to players but at the end of the day, Pandemic meet biohazards.
AusOpen AnthColangelo Transparency and communication, two very important things when dealing with a situation like this.
AusOpen AnthColangelo What, are they members of the LiberalVictoria party? Only they are that stupid, entitled and diseased. Put them all back on a plane and they can FRO to the USA.
AusOpen AnthColangelo It’s solely the Victorian Govt’s decision to hold the tennis. They are funding the tens of millions of tax payers dollars for the extra quarantine measures and they will be solely responsible if/when it all goes pear shaped. It has nothing to do with the Fed.
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AusOpen AnthColangelo Coz sure, none of them were ever going to be compromised travelling between airports, planes, buses with recycled air, public surfaces always wearing mask for up to 23 hours? Cancel now. Donate money & sponsorships to frontline workers & vaccine then everything can reboot safely
AusOpen AnthColangelo Incorrect! Besides there are only 17 players on the flight
AusOpen AnthColangelo Don’t let the door hit them on the way out
RichForrest2 AusOpen AnthColangelo Time to cut your losses and send them back home. Call off the tournament now just rip the band aide off quickly. Poor decision in the first place.
AusOpen AnthColangelo Surely they would have thought of all contingencies themselves?
AusOpen AnthColangelo They need to pull their heads out of the sand. A 5 year would understand why that was so necessary. Seriously I had hoped 2021 people would have stopped whinging but.... there you go 🤦♀️
AusOpen AnthColangelo It’s a massive debacle - cancel the event and send them home. It’s not worth the risk.
AusOpen AnthColangelo They’re invincible on the court and in the real world
AusOpen AnthColangelo So everything is going smoothly then.
AusOpen AnthColangelo But didn’t they think? 😳
AusOpen AnthColangelo ICB. Entitled idiots gotta entitled idiot. Great job TennisAustralia
AusOpen AnthColangelo They haven’t been watching Captain Dans press conferences have they... We make it up as we go
AusOpen AnthColangelo What the hell did they think would happen?🙄
lukedowning AusOpen AnthColangelo Maybe so but....have they no brains....just chasing the $
AusOpen AnthColangelo Have these players any intelligence?
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AusOpen AnthColangelo I don't want our hard work, let alone the risk of infections and more deaths put at risk for selfish tennis stars....
AusOpen AnthColangelo That's how we roll in Victoria.
AusOpen AnthColangelo What the hell else did they think was going to happen? Don’t they watch the news?
AusOpen AnthColangelo Tell them to f¥ off back home. entitled twats.
AusOpen AnthColangelo Don’t blame the players it’s down to the idiots chairmen Dan and the CHO
AusOpen AnthColangelo They should all refuse to play ad seriously embarrass the chairman and the incompetent CHO
AusOpen AnthColangelo It should have been delayed or an F1 style bubble set up..... In any case i find it hard to believe this possibility wasn't considered. Seems to be just another example of deluded entitlement.....
AusOpen AnthColangelo It’s almost like having a major, international, sporting event in the middle of a damn pandemic is a really, really, bad idea for literally everybody 🤦♀️
AusOpen AnthColangelo Where have they been living ffs 🤦♀️
AusOpen AnthColangelo If we have another outbreak because of a spoiled rich tennis player I am going to be SOOOO MAD AustralianOpen2021
AusOpen AnthColangelo Newly arrived AustralianOpen stars failed to ask what would happen if a person on their flight tested positive
AusOpen AnthColangelo Welcome to a country that takes covid seriously
AusOpen AnthColangelo Sorry, bit late to the party. Confused. Are you saying that if there hadn’t been a positive test on the flight then they can just walk off the plane and mingle with Melbournians? Doesn’t EVERYONE need to 14 day quarantine when flying in from OS?
AusOpen AnthColangelo Yeah I gotta goa back to “this is a global pandemic, this can change at a moments notice. We’ve all suffered hardships during this time.”
AusOpen AnthColangelo Um you have just been exposed to someone with covid you NEED to isolate til the incubation period is over and you test negative ...how dumb are some people !
AusOpen AnthColangelo Boo-hoo. It’s a pandemic. These people are so entitled we should just stop them from playing all together if they’re going to complain.
AusOpen AnthColangelo The answer is simple. Cancel the event and send them back home!
AusOpen AnthColangelo A privilege afforded to them to play sport, while thousands of others still cannot return home. I love the Aus Open, but now is simply not the time.
AusOpen AnthColangelo Diddums. Their lives ain't that tough. Their choice to come, their responsibility to comply with COVID safety requirements which by nature must be fluid.
AusOpen AnthColangelo Think of the lovely fan mail and social media posts you will get from Australians if you give us another round of forced lock downs because you were either ignorant, or stupid?
AusOpen AnthColangelo suck it up
AusOpen AnthColangelo No problem ... just send the back to where they came from.
AusOpen AnthColangelo This needs to be an open & transparent testing regime, positive tests made public. The appropriate action including cancelling the event to protect VICTORIANS & Australians. It's a staggering miscalculation of risk that may have enormous repercussions VictorianCHO peripatetical
AusOpen AnthColangelo COVIDSARS2 changes & rules change. They have a personal duty to find out what the rules are - let’s face it they all have access to social media and internet and cannot claim ignorance. Possibly used to getting own way. At worst Tennis Australia has failed to inform accurately.
AusOpen AnthColangelo Cry me a river. If they don’t like it, they can always go home.
AusOpen AnthColangelo Why is no one planning for ANY changes for travel during a pandemic? It didnt go their way so now instead of being sorry they created new risk and whining, caring about the deaths in their countries, its the worst thing to do 14 days to save lives. boycottsustralianopen
AusOpen AnthColangelo Not very bright are they? Ofcourse if someone your on a plane with or one of your close contacts has covid you are going to be quarantined! idiots
AusOpen AnthColangelo Most Victorians didn't complain when they did their bit to protect our state. It was tough, my heart goes out to everyone in this situation, all of us. I'm sure they'll take comfort from knowing they're doing it to keep themselves and the country they're visiting safe.
AusOpen AnthColangelo And this is why health workers and not sportsmen/women are the real heroes
AusOpen AnthColangelo Too bad. We’ve worked far too hard to fuck this up
AusOpen AnthColangelo Well FUCK off then
AusOpen AnthColangelo Tough luck.
AusOpen AnthColangelo Boo friggin hoo!!! In disbelief that it’s going ahead anyway! Suck it up or go home!
AusOpen AnthColangelo Boo hoo....
AusOpen AnthColangelo The tennis players can fuck off to where they came from if they don’t like being in lockdown
AusOpen AnthColangelo They have a personal duty to find out what the rules are - let’s face it they all have access to social media and internet and cannot claim ignorance. Possibly just used to getting own way. At worst Tennis Australia has failed to inform accurately.
AusOpen AnthColangelo boo hoo
AusOpen AnthColangelo We weren't told tennis players would be bringing their filthy germs with them.
AusOpen AnthColangelo Rage of the elite and privileged.....
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AusOpen AnthColangelo They carry virus to our community but they are only here for max 2 weeks. They probably dont give a shit about our quarantine ruled, but the damage is for the rest of the Victorians to bear. If you are not happy just get on the plane and go home. You think we give a shit?
AusOpen AnthColangelo Morrison government is responsible for quarantine auspol tennis
AusOpen AnthColangelo Welcome to Danistan
AusOpen AnthColangelo But isn’t that COVID common sense!
AusOpen AnthColangelo Go home Victorians don't want covid or mutant virus infecting us. VICTORIANS have been through hell with mismanagement & incompetence from govt & health authorities. 800+ dead, 20,000 infected & economic devastation. Don't complain that you can't play tennis! 9NewsMelb SimoLove
AusOpen AnthColangelo That’s because common sense would dictate they already knew that 😳
AusOpen AnthColangelo All lives have value but these people only hit a little yellow ball. Individualism is rampant, collective responsibility sorely lacking. This is a pandemic - tennis players aren't special and deserve no special treatment.
AusOpen AnthColangelo What did they expect they could do wander out & about city & spread virus they bought here to a covid free city, if that’s what was allowed from where they flew in from no wonder virus is rife overseas.
AusOpen AnthColangelo This should never have been allowed. The Aus Open should have been pushed back just like the F1’s. Letting players from all over the world into our country is a recipe for disaster.
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AusOpen AnthColangelo Rubbish. Translating and interpreting participation reqs is incumbent on player management/coaches, particularly given the current climate. Supreme ignorance or active defiance otherwise.
AusOpen AnthColangelo R they fkng kidding! FFS, where did they come from? From the Jupiter!?
AusOpen AnthColangelo Well, they could leave...
AusOpen AnthColangelo Entitled brats!
AusOpen AnthColangelo I don’t think I care what they think
AusOpen AnthColangelo Really who cares? This is not news.
AusOpen AnthColangelo Arrogant self entitled tennis players....my precious.....
AusOpen AnthColangelo Poor babies..
AusOpen AnthColangelo I’m sure they’re all wealthy enough to charter flights back home if they’d like.
AusOpen AnthColangelo This is what happens when you're told you're special your whole life
AusOpen AnthColangelo If these tennis players don't like quarantining like everybody else from overseas or interstate has to do they ca P1SS OFF AND GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM! WHO WHE FCK DO THESE CORPORATE SPORT PUPPETS THINK THEY ARE!!
AusOpen AnthColangelo Well what the hell did they think would happen?
AusOpen AnthColangelo We don’t care! Don’t publish this crap. They all can sook on their socials...surely that’s enough..?
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