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Home | Tennis | Australian Open Forced To Switch Player Quarantine Hotel

Australian Open forced to switch player quarantine hotel

Organisers of Australian Open confirmed they had secured new hotel accommodation after Melbourne's The Westin cancelled plans to house tennis players

By AFP
Published Date - 05:46 PM, Tue - 5 January 21
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Melbourne: Australian Open organisers were forced to find new quarantine accommodation for players Tuesday after a hotel pulled out, reportedly because of concerns from residents.

Organisers of the year’s first tennis grand slam confirmed they had secured new hotel accommodation after Melbourne’s The Westin cancelled plans to house tennis players during two weeks of quarantine ahead of the tournament.

“Several hotels in Melbourne have already been secured, including a replacement for the Westin, to safely accommodate the international playing group,” organisers said in a statement.
Local media reported that a legal threat from several permanent residents in the luxury hotel had scuppered the plan to host players there.

The news comes 10 days before the first players are expected to arrive in the city. The start of the opening Grand Slam of 2021 has already been delayed until February 8, to allow players to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine imposed on all overseas arrivals before taking part in a week of warm-up tournaments.

Melbourne only emerged from a months-long lockdown in October following a second wave of Covid-19, complicating planning for the Grand Slam.

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