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TEnnis Australia has confirmed today the news advanced yesterday by MARCA about the creation of a third tournament of category 500 for the players who are among the 72 confined by the positive flights that landed in Melbourne eight days ago.
Similarly, The ATP has decided to delay the start of its two Open 250 and the ATP Cup for one day to give some training margin to the racket professionals who come out of their total confinement on January 29 and that they will not have been able to train yet on the tracks of Melbourne Park.
The two 250 events, initially set for January 31, move to February 1 and the competition for passes where Spain will present a super team with Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista, Pablo Carreo and Marcel Granollers, will kick off the February 2nd.
Teams like Japan and Argentina are significantly affected by the positive cases in Australia as Kei Nishikori and Guido Pella have not been able to practice and will not be able to do so until the end of next week.
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