Swiss world No.11 Bencic wrote on Twitter "Actually no we didn't [know what we signed up for], we made our decision to come here from rules that were sent to us. Then we arrived and received an information/rule book with more/new rules that we did not know about".
But Russian-born New Zealand doubles players Artem Sitak, who is in 14 days' hard lockdown, disputed those claims. "I think we need to put some things into perspective where a lot of Australians right now cannot get back home because of restrictions and we, as foreigners of over a thousand people in Australia, we are going to be competing in a grand slam earning a lot of money."
He then placed it back on its base with wheels and stood atop it as if he were in the Australian surf.
AnthColangelo Tennis players challenging legitimate decisions- when did that start?
AnthColangelo Just when Tennis is at crossroads as a sport in AUS we have the brats emerge painting it again as an out of touch sport played by elitists with not a faint understanding of the bigger picture just their own selfish needs. GoHome
AnthColangelo They were clearly told before that this was a possibility
AnthColangelo Their lives are just awful, simply awful, quick let’s crowd fund them, they need the money, the poor darlings.
AnthColangelo Send them home
AnthColangelo Stop whinging and either play or go home.
AnthColangelo Yep. Meanwhile a CovidFree Type1diabetic is banned from Victoria being labelled NSW OrangeZone. Oh the irony! No worries DanielAndrewsMP
AnthColangelo Media talking up a headline. The players play all over the world and know the drill. 2 weeks quarantine for everyone arriving here. No exceptions (except for the very very rich)
AnthColangelo Despite this, the Useful Idiots will still support him IStandWithDan
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AnthColangelo Shouldn’t they have had 14 days quarantine regardless of Covid cases on the flight? My understanding was it was mandatory.
AnthColangelo Go back home if you can’t handle how we keep our fellow countryman from a lonely, painful, premature death. And tell your mates!!
AnthColangelo And they thought it was going to go like....Australianopen TennisAustralia
AnthColangelo Why is this on in the first place?
AnthColangelo It IS insane. So some players get to practice and some don’t ? Obviously this is something that should have been communicated or smoothed out by the organizer, or cancel it altogether before anyone made the travel.
AnthColangelo Boo Hoo... My heart bleeds for them.
AnthColangelo Suck it up princess - one rule for all regardless of how talented you are at playing tennis
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AnthColangelo Why hasn't Andrews cancelled the Open Imagine if the Open was in NSW? Andrews would be having a fit of hypocrisy
AnthColangelo They can go home. Who’s stopping them?
AnthColangelo Easily solved. Channel 10 and Nine exchange contacts and privileged go on I’m a Celebrity get me out of here!
AnthColangelo Ohhh precious possums, did they forget the world is fighting a pandemic? Maybe their egos eclipsed reality. Enjoy a gift from the Universe on behalf of strandedAussies & locals who suffered through travel restrictions & hotel quarantine.
AnthColangelo Too bad. They were stupid to expose themselves to Covid and Australians don't want to catch it from them.
AnthColangelo They get paid 100k each just for playing the first round of the Open. So good!
AnthColangelo They shouldn’t even be here, the world is infected with this virus and our govt just opens the doors. People can’t cross borders to see loved ones who are dying. Elitism and the dollar once again show their true colors
AnthColangelo This is actually hilarious. Now the whole world gets to see how ludicrously shit our quarantine arrangements are in Australia - boxed up in a room for two weeks. Morrison should have come up with a sustainable, free range quarantine system months ago - space aplenty!
stanleyward90 AnthColangelo Is there any chance we can send the whingers back from whence they came?
AnthColangelo Probably best to cancel it - the Tennis Players seem a bit upset that a global contagion that's killed hundreds of thousands of people might impact their game.
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AnthColangelo Keep Australia safe. Total priority.
AnthColangelo Haha welcome to Australia guys! That's how we roll here - impractical rules ill-adapted to the realities of life! Just take it in the proverbial backside and say 'yeaahhhhh maaaaate'!
AnthColangelo Do tennis players not understand how quarantine works in a pandemic? Indulged........won’t be watching AustralianOpen TennisAustralia
AnthColangelo Big deal. It is terrible but everyone is in the same storm, some have yachts, some boats some have to swim, some might even drown Let’s all be equal just for once. Stop whinging f. You will all be taking home minimum $100,000 for your trip to Australia.
AnthColangelo Too bad
AnthColangelo Seriously I can't see why the goverment letting in tennis players from all over the world when there is a global pandemic which we are trying to control in this country. All sports should be put on hold.
AnthColangelo Misplaced anger as the risks are known.
AnthColangelo Then get them back on the plane and send them home. We don’t want them in Australia.
AnthColangelo You mean “with no practice”, right? Did the subs go home early today?
AnthColangelo It is insane. Not cancelling the Australian Open is also insane.
AnthColangelo Australia makes the same wrong hoteljail for anyone enter to the country. SkilledMigrants internationalstudents ScottMorrisonMP AnnastaciaMP DanielAndrewsMP AlexHawkeMP ausgov GregHuntMP UN
AnthColangelo Too bad, so sad! They took the choice to come knowing it was always a risk. Personally I think the AO should have been cancelled. Bloody crazy to hold it given the current situation overseas.
AnthColangelo Yeap.
AnthColangelo DON'T LIKE IT, QUIT BITCHING & FCK OFF HOME! CORPORATE TENNIS GREED WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER LOCKDOWN! AUSSIES HAVE TOILED TO KEEP THIS VIRUS CONTAINED AND WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO DESTROY EVERYTHING WE HAVE ACHIEVED! WHILE TENNIS $$$ TALK COVID WALKS!! CANCEL THE OPEN!!
AnthColangelo TA are trying to force this event to happen with little common sense. They were never going to be able to guarantee no incidences of COVID19 amongst players & their entourages. The new strain is effecting younger people putting H&S of players at risk. Is it really worth it?
AnthColangelo Suck it up. Okay.
AnthColangelo Go home & miss out on the $100,000 for round one I believe.
AnthColangelo Put them on a plane and send them back home. Stop complaining, you knew the rules before you boarded that flight. I’m a tennis fan but some of these players from covid central countries need to put up of shove off!
AnthColangelo Spelling errors for major media outlets are unacceptable.
AnthColangelo ArtemSitak Thank you on behalf of strandedAussies
AnthColangelo So these entitled people think they have the right to infect a country because they can hit a ball with a raquet. You test positive or are on a flight with people who test positive, you are in quarantine. We don’t f%$k around with Covid here in Victoria.
AnthColangelo Welcome to the real world
AnthColangelo Tough luck U bunch of prima donnas.
AnthColangelo People that are on the flight to support the players (or media to publicise them)not just random people but the 'supported'. Unlike trapped Aussies abroad!
AnthColangelo Well if they had have paid as much attention as some of the other players have, they'd have known this would be a consequence.
AnthColangelo It's insane they were even allowed in !
AnthColangelo entitled brats
AnthColangelo Maybe give those rooms to 1200 strandedAussies begging to get home instead. scomo has the priorities so wrong!
AnthColangelo So are they saying they never received the policy 🤔
AnthColangelo I say shut up. As Aussie’s we have all done it tough especially Victoria. That’s why we are doing so well. If you don’t like it go home! Respect our laws! Honestly why has it been allowed in the first place!
AnthColangelo I think Rennae Stubbs summed it up perfectly:
AnthColangelo This is brain dead on so many levels. Players - naive. Tennis Australia - dumb. Aus open? A dog's breakfast.
AnthColangelo Judging by the comments on here, Victoria has become Royston Vasey (a local town for local people). Criticism from outsiders (who may find them to be weird insular freaks) will not be tolerated. Even their neighbours in NSW, or anyone who sets foot there.
AnthColangelo Probably shouldn't of skipped the conference call then. Simple really!
AnthColangelo BULLSHIT
AnthColangelo Waiting for the likes of ahealy77 to jump out telling them to suck it up or go home.
AnthColangelo ⛔️ In 2021 spare a thought for the over 39,000 strandedAussies Read: removethecaps Still restrictions on arrivals. Perilous now critical-having lost jobs or visas to live elsewhere. Even with self paid hotel quarantine on arrival. Australia must fix this! Tennis=oh dear ✖️
AnthColangelo Diddums 😢
AnthColangelo Send them home !
AnthColangelo Simple. If they dont like it, or follow the rules, they can go home.
AnthColangelo Please go home. Now.
AnthColangelo What, they weren't informed that if someone on their flight tested positive they would be locked in a room, some without windows for 14 days? Or was that sprung on them?
AnthColangelo Too bad
AnthColangelo Send them home - it must have to do wish the cashola the government receives otherwise it wouldn’t be going ahead
AnthColangelo They need to suck it up! They are not special!
AnthColangelo Perhaps they should have joined in on the conference call where they were warned this could be a distinct possibility...
AnthColangelo Oh yeah we are crying a river for them here 🙄 Meanwhile Australians are still stranded overseas.
AnthColangelo If stranded Australians get little sympathy from the public, spoiled tennis players that actually manage to get into the country will have none.
AnthColangelo Enjoy the hospitality of backhandDan DanielAndrewsMP & his band of COVIDIOTS Or join/form a Chinese team if you want an exemption
AnthColangelo What’s insane is that they are here playing in a Covid laced event. Suggest that if you’re unhappy. - GO HOME.
AnthColangelo If they don’t like it, send them home.
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AnthColangelo I am trying to find that fuck that I give.
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