Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut says the conditions are taking a mental toll on the players.
MELBOURNE: Roberto Bautista Agut has slammed the Victoria state government’s quarantine requirements for tennis players ahead of next month’s Australian Open and said being locked down in a hotel is like being in prison. Passengers who arrived on three charter flights have been placed into hard quarantine, including more than 70 players who are unable to train outside their rooms for 14 days before the year’s first Grand Slam starts on Feb 8.
A number of top players, including world No 1 Novak Djokovic, have questioned the need for mandatory hotel quarantine but Victorian premier Daniel Andrews said it was essential to stop the spread of Covid-19.“It’s the same , but with Wifi. These people have no idea about tennis and about practice courts and it’s a complete disaster.Bautista Agut, who reached the Australian Open quarterfinals in 2019, said the conditions were taking a mental and physical toll on the players.
“I’m exercising twice a day, reading some books, being on social and watching TV,” she told SEN Breakfast.Subscribe to our newsletter and get news delivered to your mailbox.
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