Australian Open's hard quarantine 'took a toll' on players
Tennis | February 10, 2021 13:48 ISTSeveral players admitted that being in quarantine for two weeks, with no windows in some room, really took a mental toll on them ahead of the Grand Slam.
Several players admitted that being in quarantine for two weeks, with no windows in some room, really took a mental toll on them ahead of the Grand Slam.
Venus made a heartbreaking exit after rolling her ankle in her second-round match against Sara Errani, losing 6-1, 6-0 in just over an hour.
Thiem has eased through the second round of the Australian Open with a 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 win over Donimik Koepfer;
Two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova has become the second top 10 women’s player to fall in the second round of the Australian Open.
Rohan Bopanna and Ben McLachlan lose opening round 4-6, 6-7 (0), to Ji Sung Nam and Min-Kyu Song.
Nadal seemed in firm control of his game despite injury worries as he ousted Laslo Djere with ease 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 in an hour and 52 minutes.
Nagal, India's second-highest ranked men's singles player, lost 2-6, 5-7, 3-6 to Berankis in a match that lasted two hours and six minutes.
Attendance for this year's first Grand Slam tournament is capped at 30,000 per day. On Day 1 last year, 64,387 fans crammed onto the grounds at Melbourne Park.
Serena Williams opened her campaign in an emphatic manner as she zipped past Laura Siegemund of Germany, 6-1, 6-1.
A quarantine worker at one of the hotels directly linked to the Australian Open had also tested positive, forcing the cancellation of a day's play at lead-in events.
Raina achieved the feat after she made the cut for the women's doubles event of the Australian Open.
No. 3-ranked Osaka pulled out of her Gippsland Trophy semifinal against Elise Mertens, citing a “niggling injury."
Ankita Raina, who was waiting to know if she gets 'lucky loser' spot in the women's singles, could not make the cut.
Serena Williams withdrew from an Australian Open tuneup tournament citing a right shoulder injury.
First up for the seven-time Australian Open champion will be Laura Siegemund of Germany.
To speed things up a little, 17 courts were being used and women's matches were reduced to two regular sets with a 10-point match tiebreaker if required.
Anyone who quarantined at the Grand Hyatt hotel was deemed to be casual contacts of the 26-year-old infected quarantine worker, which suspended play in all tune-up tournaments for Australian Open on Thursday.
Anyone connected with the tournament and who quarantined at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Melbourne were deemed to be casual contacts of the 26-year-old infected man and were undergoing testing at a dedicated facility.
Players preparing for the year's first Grand Slam tournament, which is supposed to begin Monday, must isolate at their hotels until they test negative for the illness caused by the coronavirus.
Daniel Andrews, the political leader of Victoria state, called a late-night news conference Wednesday to announce the case and urged anyone with symptoms in Melbourne to get tested.
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