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Australian Open players face world’s ‘strictest rules for tennis’ amid Covid concerns – The Guardian
The Victorian government announces hotel quarantine rules as health experts disagree on whether the tournament should go ahead
About 1,200 players and staff from all corners of the globe will be subjected to what the Victorian government has described as the strictest rules for tennis in the world when they fly into Melbourne for the Australian Open from Thursday.
The tournament, which will begin on 8 February after warm-up events that start on 31 January, is the largest international sporting event to be held in Australia since the beginning of the pandemic and in effect will broadcast the countrys Covid-19 response to…
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