- 70 players in quarantine after plane passenger tests positive
- Sloane Stephens and Heather Watson among those isolating
Tennis players landing in Melbourne for the Australian Open have expressed frustration after around 70 of them were placed in strict 14-day quarantine, unable to leave their hotel rooms for practice.
On Sunday a charter flight carrying players from a qualifying event in Doha reported a positive Covid test, the third plane to fall foul of Australia’s rules along with flights from Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles. Of around 370 tennis players transported to Australia over the past week in 17 chartered flights, an estimated 72 are now confined entirely to their Melbourne hotel rooms.
Written by Tumaini Carayol in London, and Naaman Zhou in Sydney
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jan/17/australian-open-players-in-stricter-covid-isolation-say-they-risk-injury-if-not-allowed-to-train under the title “Chaos hits Australian Open with dozens of competitors confined to hotel rooms”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
