Australian Open organisers have insisted that the tournament will go ahead despite the coronavirus disruption
Three people tested positive for Covid on Saturday and one on Sunday. They had been on two chartered flights bringing players to the tournament. Meanwhile Emma Cassar, quarantine commissioner for the state of Victoria, said people in the hotels - including one player - were breaching lockdown rules by opening their doors to communicate with others on their floor.What is all the fuss about?
Hard fuing lines you selfish tws get real
They shouldn't have come then.
Why do they think they are an exception to the rules useless over paid twats
Diddums
Tough luck on them
Poor pampered mega rich snowflakes. Time to get the violins out
Too bad.
it's not like they should receive special treatment. if all people have to do the 14 day quarantine. then ALL people have to do. even of you're famous or a sports star etc. Be humbled.
They are complaining Yeeee 🤨
Don’t get this. Thought 2 weeks in a hotel was standard for Oz at the moment and nothing to do with whether people on your flight tested positive.
Oh no they can't play tennis and carry on like normal. Welcome to the norm. The elderly and at risk have been isolated for almost a year!! Get a grip.
Ah diddums. Is this news?
Do you think tennis balls would fit?
Better than being stuck in the uk having not seen your husband for almost a year because of the flight caps
Oh poor baby. Didums.
Should have thought about that before going then! Your lucky to even get in the Country. Im surprised they haven’t shot you, the seem to be wearily if homing pigeons, and you are more likely to carry disease than a bird!
Aww didums. At least they were allowed to travel to oz, there are still lots of Australian citezins still can't get back home yet. They would happily take these players place any day.
Isn’t the message STAY at HOME 😡😡😡
1. we are all mostly locked inside, try being some people on council estates in england during covid. 2. they knew the score before going to australia 3. protecting a country from covid is more important than wacking a ball around a court 4. they need to be less spoilt
Would they be more or less frustrated with le death?
Of course they're frustrated. Here in Europe they always had the possibility to travel with no restrictions. Well done Australia on your way to fight this virus. Europe should learn from you 👍🏻
What did they expect to happen, if you've been in close contact with someone who tests positive you have to isolate. Why did they think the rules would be different for them?
Not enough 🎻
😂😂😂welcome to the REAL world you elite types. However if this had been the U.K. you would have had a limited and specific exemption issued by the government as long as you filled in a form and promised.....
Why would you have to be told that all the flight’s passengers would need to be isolated if anyone on that flight tested positive, surely that’s a given fact.
What an incredible sense of entitlement some of these people must have. Pretty shameful really. Surely they were informed of the quarantine requirements prior to coming.
Oh really,goodness me, selfish people 😒
Poor things
Get real!
Welcome to the real world!
They let tennis players in but not their own citizens. All for a quick buck
Aww poor you. You get to go out and play tennis now though so stop your fucking whining.
What about the Australians they won’t let come home 40k still not allowed back Yet they let in Tennis players The Australians have no immunity either
Celebrity privilege. They need to get over it and comply. Of course you need to isolate if you’ve been on a flight for hours with infected people. covidiots
I find it disgusting that they are complaining. Give a thought for those NOT so lucky (like doctors and nurses) to be flying off all over the world. Its just a game - unnecessary travel in a pandemic while millions are dying ...selfish selfish people
Cant decide what I find more baffling, that this and other sporting events are going ahead or that the stars seem shocked that they might get covid or have To isolate after travelling half way across the world.
All travel for sport should be stopped. People at home are suffering by not being able to travel, even locally.
My heart bleeds.
They shouldn’t be there in the first place. But they are, and being treated well. What have they got to complain about?
Oh well....
Why are they are even holding sporting events that are bringing people together from all over the world I just don't get it. Some of them saying they didn't know you had to isolate if someone on your plane tested positive. Really Give me strength.
Don’t be so selfish. You were lucky to be allowed to travel.
danroan Should have stayed at home then! 🙄
Why did they even travel when the message is stay at home. Tennis is hardly essential travel.
Aww, my heart bleeds for them.
In a serious note this event shouldn’t be going ahead, like a lot of other sports events.
Oh dear what a pity never mind oxygen thieves and brain donors
Federer did the right thing. All this security stuff is ridiculous.
Oh bless. They wanted to be treated differently than anyone else entering Australia did they
Oh dear. Never mind, I’m sure the luxury hotel accommodation and thousands of pounds just for turning up will make up for it.
Oh boo hoo My mom has been locked away in her care home for over 10 months!!
Poor them. I think we should set up a campaign where the NHS stop work, stand outside and give them a round of applause for all they do.
They'll bring another variety back with them
It's hard to sympathise with anyone who decides to travel during a global pandemic.
Still bring ppl to Oz...
“Frustrated” let me get the world's tiniest violin and weep for them as they comfortably sit in a nice hotels. If they want to really know the meaning of the word “frustrating” they should try to speak to relatives of people batting this f-ing killer disease! Privileged idiots.
Never been sure why ‘elite sport ‘ has so many exemptions.
They didn’t have to come! Most people in Melbourne are not happy about the decision to have it. Not on of Dick Head Dan’s finest decisions 🙄
Shouldn't be allowed to travel. I'm sure they could have been furloughed and spent their time worrying about keeping their family fed, and a roof over their head along with trying to pay their winter fuel bills!
Sovereign country, don’t like the rules - don’t travel. Simples.
AustralianOpen - should have been scraped. But then again, elite players must make their millions. One rule and all that.
Join the frickin club!
The event shouldn’t be going ahead, like a lot of sports events. They all put pressure on the health system. Everyone else is having to stay home, work from home, put their lives on hold, so can sports people.
Oh Didums, they have to follow the rules. What a shock
Is this really news? What did they expect? Noone forced them on the plane, it's just the Tories that do that to black people.
Diddums
They are frustrated? They are accommodated for free in 5-star luxury hotel suites, they have free food and drinks, no expenses at all, and even by losing in the first round at the Australian Open, they will get 76k dollars. They are just spoiled brats!
Australia have no choice but to lockdown until they’ve vaccinated the whole population, if they open up the virus will rip through the country.
We are all frustrated by this situation, not just millionaires stuck in posh hotels. Bless them.
Awe. What a shame. Maybe they should’ve stayed at home
Australian Open players pist cos they're self isolating ... Well they're not alone there ...
Yet entire families aren't allowed back home to OZ due to stupid quotas on arrivals. Anyway, Rafa all the way!!!
Everyone knows how strict Australia is. Won’t even allow its own citizens back en mass and the rules are constantly changing. Travelling is at your own risk.
All sport should be on hold
Ignorance.
Oh no how sad. Welcome to the real world.
Diddums
They and their precious egos can go home or shut up. Melbourne has been through enough. I have zero respect or sympathy for these elitists.
Well done Australia for coming up with and enforcing very sensible rules. If only every country did the same ..........
I feel sorry for the poor sods being in Australia. It sounds like it has become like North Korea
Ah, how my heart bleeds for them. (end of sarcasm)
danroan My heart bleeds purple piss
Send them home then.
Poor darlings, I feel their pain..
Poor lambs! Not very resilient are they?
They need to get a grip !
Why is this hard to understand? Everywhere you go is a potential infection risk and Australia doesn’t mess around unlike other countries.
Well they don't have to be there
Selfish athletes. They only think of themselves.
Awwww, missing your mother?
So this adds up for news on the BBC?
I'm confused as to why this is still going ahead to be honest! 🤷♀️
It must be awful for them. Sitting in a fabulous hotel counting their money.
Didn’t know the quarantine rules? Pull the other one.
Well they should be thankful not frustrated! Like ALL of us elite athletes are not immune from Covid yet they are allowed to travel the globe and continue their life! So this is a reality check for them!
The Australian Open should be cancelled. It is bloody stupid that the event is taking place. IMG should foot the entire bill for ALL associated costs.
Well, this is what happens when you don't test people before they get on the plane! You'd think the people in charge would have their shit together by now.
Ah bless.🙄
At least one of them was 'positive +', the whole group 'must' isolate for 14 days 🧏
Come to the UK, everyone is having a party 😷😷😷
The rest of the world needs to appreciate that the people of Melbourne completed over 100 days in lockdown with nightly curfews to bring COVID under control to the point that there were no local COVID cases recorded today (17 Jan).
Tough shit
Boo f*****g hoo.
Spoiled brats
Unlike the UK ... our govt & Australians takes Covid seriously !
Do these people think they are untouchable
well at least they have free wifi, clean running water and room service
Didums
Poor things
I thought “we’re all in this together”?
Then stay home. It’s an “Open”, so you can compete or not.
Get a grip, ‘we are all in this together’ ...
Play in another planet where there's no pandemic then.
they can deal with it
Boohoo?
Oh, unlucky..
That’s actually a load of nonsense. Do your research
Um, okay? Welcome to 2021 like the rest of us
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