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He said it is important for a player to remain focused. “Once the tournament starts, a player has to come out of the comfort zone before getting into the playing mood.’’
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Barty and Williams both said they're looking forward to the match, despite the close proximity to a major.
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The Australian Open is scheduled to begin Monday, and preparations have already been disruptive and chaotic.
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Vishnu Vardhan said for the next two months there will be plenty of tennis in Australia.
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Williams has been stalled on 23 major singles titles since the 2017 Australian Open, when she was two months' pregnant with now-three-year-old daughter Olympia and when she beat her sister Venus in the final.
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Stosur, playing her first competitive match since March and now ranked 112, lost 6-2, 6-0 to 16th seeded Czech Marie Bouzkova in just over one hour.
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More than 1,000 players and officials went into a two-week quarantine from January 14 when the first of 17 flights chartered by Tennis Australia landed in Melbourne and Adelaide.
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Some players complained bitterly after being forced into hard lockdown because passengers on their charter flights to Melbourne tested positive for Covid-19
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There are 72 players now in hard quarantine and unable to practice because of nine active coronavirus cases among the incoming travelers to Melbourne
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Tournament was thrown into disarray on Saturday when three people tested positive to Covid-19 on two of the 17 charter flights bringing players and their entourages
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Organisers of Australian Open confirmed they had secured new hotel accommodation after Melbourne's The Westin cancelled plans to house tennis players
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Federer, a huge favourite with the Melbourne crowds, hasn't missed the Australian Open since his debut in 2000, winning the trophy six times
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Tata Open Maharashtra, South Asia's only ATP tour event, is staged in February every year but now the organisers are in talks with ATP for exploring a possible slot in the second half of the calendar
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Singles, doubles and wheelchair competitions will all be played as usual after agreement was reached to stage the event following eight months of talks between Tennis Australia and state authorities
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The Australian Open will go ahead from February 8-21 next year. ATP has also confirmed that Australian Open men's qualifying will take place from January 10-13 in Doha.
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The proposals would allow players to train during a mandatory 14-day quarantine period.
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A delay for a week or two to the first Grand Slam of the year, scheduled to begin on January 18, was now "most likely", said Martin Pakula, the Sports Minister of the Victoria State government
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The tournament is scheduled to start on January 18. But questions remain over quarantine arrangements for players and their entourages — an estimated 2,500 people.
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The stark message came after Australian tennis chiefs flagged "new challenges" around the arrival of players during the coronavirus pandemic
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In a message to players the ATP, the men's tennis tour, said arrivals originally planned for December were now uncertain, potentially disrupting the packed January schedule
