{"id":11318,"date":"2021-01-18T10:27:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T10:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=11318"},"modified":"2021-01-18T10:27:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T10:27:11","slug":"tennis-players-forced-into-quarantine-before-australian-open-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/tennis-players-forced-into-quarantine-before-australian-open-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Players Forced Into Quarantine Before Australian Open 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustralianVictoria was in lockdown for months due to COVID-19 and many expected that the 2021 Australian Open would be cancelled. <\/p>\n

However, things started getting better in Victoria towards the end of 2020 and Tennis Australia<\/strong> confirmed that the Australian Open would take place but a couple of weeks later<\/a> than the usual schedule.<\/p>\n

The 2021 Australian Open is scheduled to take place<\/a> in Melbourne from 8 Feb to 21 Feb. While some players decided to sit out, most of the top players in the world decided that it was time to get back to action and flew into Australia ahead of time. A total of 1200 in players and staff flew into Melbourne from different parts of the world.<\/p>\n

Reports show that some of these planes had individuals who tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, Australian authorities have forced all individuals on those planes to go into a 14 day quarantine. As many as 75 players have been sent into quarantine and they are not a happy bunch.<\/p>\n

A lot of tennis players took to social media to cry foul and say that they were no informed that they would be forced to quarantine even if they test negative. Top players like Yulia Putintseva, Sorana Cirstea, Alize Cornet and Belinda Bencic<\/strong> protested over the forced quarantine.<\/p>\n

Sky News Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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