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Dayana Yastremska, who is quarantining in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open, has had her doping ban appeal rejected by the ITF. Ukraine’s world No 29 Yastremska is currently in a hard 14-day quarantine after a passenger on her flight to Australia tested positive for coronavirus. She was provisionally suspended on January 7 after WADA […]
MIKE DICKSON: The Australian Open is looking like one hell of a gamble… Its organisers face the serious issues of guarding against becoming a major spreader and ensuring the wellbeing of players isolated in hotel rooms There are two serious issues facing the Australian Open in the next two weeks Officials must guard against the […]
Novak Djokovic has penned a letter to the Australian public in an attempt to "clarify" the list of suggestions sent to Australian Open director Craig Tiley that triggered an enormous backlash. Djokovic's already shaky reputation took another hit on Monday, when a list of suggestions sent to Tiley in an email exchange were revealed. World […]
Former world number one Victoria Azarenka has urged her fellow tennis players to “accept and adapt” to health regulations in Melbourne ahead of next month’s Australian Open amid widespread criticism about hotel quarantine. More than 70 players, plus members of their entourage and officals, have been placed into hard quarantine and are unable to train […]
Monday officially marked three weeks until the Australian Open begins. In a normal world, the first Grand Slam of 2021 would already be underway. Instead, the coronavirus pandemic dictates that we have to wait a little longer. What we already know at this point is that the great Roger Federer will not be competing in […]
The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) has backflipped from the criticism of the Australian Open quarantine measures after a Spanish player tested positive for COVID-19. It comes after Spain’s Paula Badosa apologised after revealing she tested positive for coronavirus while in quarantine ahead of the Australian Open. Watch LIVE coverage of the WTA Tour with […]
Heather Watson is among 72 players competing in the Australian Open who cannot leave their hotel rooms for 14 days following five positive Covid-19 tests on chartered flights. Three people on a chartered flight from Los Angeles carrying 24 players returned positive swabs upon their arrival in Melbourne, while on a later flight from Abu […]
World number 13 Roberto Bautista Agut has apologised for comments he made comparing hotel quarantine in Australia to prison. But in a wild twist the Spanish star says they were part of a private conversation that was leaked to the media. Tennis journalists are now speculating whether Agut, 32, is the victim of a sting. […]
Novak Djokovic insists he was not being “selfish, difficult and ungrateful” in speaking out about quarantine conditions for players ahead of the Australian Open. Djokovic is part of a group of top players enjoying better conditions while quarantining in Adelaide, but the 33-year-old said he had felt obliged to use his “hard-earned” privileges to make […]
South Australian tennis enthusiasts have been left “disappointed” after thousands were left in a queue prior to ticket sales for a star studded one-day tournament. Would-be attendees for A Day at the Drive believed tickets would go on sale at 11.30am, with no queue to be formed before that time. But as more people pulled […]