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.

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…