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Tennys Sandgren forced an early clarification of the COVID-19 rules as the first of 15 charter flights began flying Down Under to deliver players for the Australian Open.
Australian Open: Andy Murray tests positive for coronavirus By Jonathan JurejkoBBC Sport 15 January 202115 January 2021.From the section Tennis Andy Murray last played at the Australian Open in 2019 - which he thought might have been his final match as a professional Former world number one Andy Murray's participation at the Australian Open is in doubt after the Briton tested positive for coronavirus. The 33-year-old Scot was set to fly out to Melbourne on a chartered flight arriving there over the next 36 hours. Instead he remains in quarantine and isolating at home in London. Murray, who is...
American Denis Kudla and Argentine Francisco Cerundolo were subsequently withdrawn from the Doha-based event despite winning their first-round qualifying matches, as per the rules. They have since been transferred to a quarantine hotel. The Herald Sun has contacted Tennis Australia for comment. News of Kudla's positive test reportedly arrived while he was leading Moroccan Elliot Benchetrit by a set and 5-3. Kudla went on to claim the next game and the match, with 221st-ranked Benchetrit later revealing he would've moved into the second round if he had won that game to keep the contest al...
Hundreds of players and entourages will arrive in Australia from January 15 and undergo a mandatory, 14-day quarantine.
The real reason Roger Federer is skipping the Australian Open has been revealed – and it’s not what officials told us.