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Calling off the Open would have been ‘catastrophic’, Tiley says – The Age
Australian Open boss Craig Tiley said cancelling the tournament would have left the door open for other countries to poach the event.
However, Tiley said cancelling the Open would have been catastrophic, and would have opened the door for rival countries to steal it.
If you cut the momentum short and you dont run an event, you start the journey, the slippery slope of going back to where we were in the 70s and the 80s, Tiley said.
The reason why the Australian Open moved from Kooyong to Flinders Park under John Cains leadership as Premier is because they were losing their status as a grand slam.
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