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Australian Open player Alize Cornet apologises for tweet as a player tests positive for COVID-19
French tennis player Alize Cornet has pleaded for forgiveness from the Australian people after branding the nation’s quarantine measures “insane” in a Twitter post she has since deleted.
Key points:
- Alize Cornet said her comments about quarantine measures were “tactless”
- A player has been confirmed to have the virus for the first time, while 70 others are in strict quarantine
- The deputy Nationals leader says players should “harden up” and deal with quarantine
Cornet is one of 72 tennis players forced to undergo 14 days of hard quarantine after being on the same flight as a positive case.
She predicted “half of the players” for the Australian Open would eventually have to isolate because of the strict quarantine measures.
But Cornet has since…
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