Craig Tiley, the boss of the Australian Open, gave an interview to Tennis Channel and he confirmed a rumor that was swelling. Note that all the participants of the first Grand Slam of the year will not do their quarantine in Melbourne. Is it for the sake of organization (hotels, training courts?). Still, about fifty people will stay in Adelaide, which is not located in the state of Victoria. He even specified that 6 Top players would be affected by this measure.
Cornet: “There is worse than being locked in a hotel”
The first known names are Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem at men’s; Ashley Barty, Simona Halep and Noami Osaka in girls. We imagine that the management and the chosen sparring partners will be in Adelaide. And then we would end up with about fifty people. In addition, at the end of this confinement, an exhibition will be organized at Memorial Drive in Adelaide on January 29 and 30.
Note that this information was not leaked. Thursday, interviewed by Tennis News, Alizé Cornet even thought it was not a good idea. “That would surprise me greatly, she had said. Adelaide is not in the same state, the training conditions are not the same.”
“Every single day you wake up there’s a different set of issues.”
Still, @CraigTiley and his team are working hard to deliver a successful @AustralianOpen, and the Tennis Australia CEO explains how on #TCLive→ https://t.co/tPoe44TDv0 pic.twitter.com/2gm131yoU9
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) January 7, 2021
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