Unvaccinated players can compete at Australian Open after quarantine: Report

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Unvaccinated players can compete at Australian Open after quarantine - report

MELBOURNE: Unvaccinated athletes will be able to take part in next year's Australian Open after undergoing 14 days of quarantine, the WTA Tour has told its players, according to an email leaked to US media.

Up to a third of players on the WTA and men's ATP remain unvaccinated, according to reports, and men's world number one Novak Djokovic hasIn the email, the WTA said it wanted to"clear up false and misleading information" about the conditions players would be subjected to at the Australian Open. Pakula said TA boss Craig Tiley had told him the vaccination rate among tennis players was nearly 80 per cent."The one thing that we have assured them all, is that the vaccinated players will be treated the same way as any other vaccinated entrant to the country," he said.

All players who arrived from overseas for the 2021 edition of the Australian Open were forced to undergo two weeks of quarantine, although most were allowed to leave their hotels to practice.

 

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