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“Some accuse us of being fads. I have no problem staying in the room for 14 days and watching Netflix. Trust me, it’s a dream come true, even a vacation. What we can’t do is COMPETE after sitting on the couch for 14 days. That’s the problem, not the quarantine rule, “WTA 71st Sorana Cîrstea wrote on Twitter.
Our player also posted a message from the director of the Australian Tennis Federation who said some time ago that players will not be able to remain isolated for two weeks and compete properly in the first Grand Slam.
“It just came to our knowledge then. Instead of having another year like 2020, I prefer to get vaccinated 5 times. They’ll probably ask us but I have no problem, when it’s my turn, I’ll make the vaccine calm down. I think I have to wait, it will take a little more. For the moment, we understand that the essentials first, the doctors and those on the front line and we have to wait our turn. “
– Sorana Cirstea, before leaving for the Australian Open
“We are not complaining about the quarantine. We are complaining that the training and playing conditions before major tournaments are not fair.”
Belinda Bencic, 23rd, 104th place WTA
Azarenka and Sloane Stephens, among the isolated players
There are 47 players who will have to remain isolated for two weeks. They will not participate in training and, it is hoped, will have upset the preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. Among them are big names, the Japanese Kei Nishikori and the American Tennys Sandgren or the rivals of Simona Halep, the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka and the American Sloane Stephens.
The Australian Open is making enormous efforts to block the spread of the new coronavirus. The tournament organized charter races to bring nearly 1,200 people, players + staff to Antipozi, an adventure that cost the Australian Open organizers over $ 40 million!
Organizers of the Melbourne tournament decided that 50 people had been validated to be quarantined in Adelaide, not Melbourne, as originally stated. Thus, important names such as Rafael Nadal, Simona Halep, Novak Djokovic, Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams or Dominic Thiem will benefit from the ultra-modern conditions of the Adelaide resort. However, there were also critical voices, unhappy that the ATP and WTA stars will have different conditions in Adelaide, clearly superior to those of the Melbourne “bubble”.
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