MELBOURNE -- Top seed Novak Djokovic blamed the mandatory 14-day quarantine for injuries at the Australian Open on Tuesday and demanded a better solution for the tennis season, suggesting NBA-style "bubbles".
Grigor Dimitrov suffered back spasms during his quarter-final defeat by Aslan Karatsev, and 20-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal also has a back problem. "Obviously it has something to do with these kind of circumstances that we were in. I mean, coming into a Grand Slam and a tournament before the Grand Slam right after 14 days', 15 days' quarantine," he added.
Even after their quarantine, the Australian Open players are now back in a biosecure "bubble" and fans are barred after the state of Victoria went into a snap five-day lockdown to curb a new outbreak."Talking to a lot of players, a majority of the players just don't want to go ahead with the season if we are going to have to quarantine most of the tournaments," Djokovic said.
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