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Australian Open hopefuls face three-week bubble to enter grand slam – The Guardian
Players must arrive in Australia by mid-January in to clear quarantine and Australian Open hopefuls are facing up to a month in biosecure hotels
Players will need to travel to Australia three weeks before the Australian Open in order to spend two weeks in quarantine and take part in warm-up tournaments.
The first grand slam of 2021, which has a purse of £40m, will begin in Melbourne on 8 February but players must arrive by mid-January in order to clear quarantine. Players will stay in selected hotels and will be allowed to train during the quarantine period, with a biosecure environment to be established.
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