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Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka calls for calm during COVID-19 hotel quarantine
Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka has issued an impassioned plea to her fellow players to show “understanding and empathy” amid criticism of quarantine conditions in Melbourne.
Key points:
- Azarenka urges all players to be mindful of what Victorians have experienced during the COVID-19 lockdown
- She says respect needed to be shown for the pandemic’s global impact
- Roberto Bautista Agut previously likened the quarantine conditions to being in prison “but with WiFi”
There are currently 72 players who are confined to their hotel rooms for 14 days in Melbourne and unable to train outside on courts allocated to players for practice ahead of the season-opening major beginning on February 8.
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