‘Training while in quarantine is a must’
The Australian Open will only go ahead in January if agreement can be reached with local authorities to allow players to practice while they undergo quarantine in Melbourne, tournament director Craig Tiley said on Thursday.
"If a player has to quarantine and be stuck in a hotel for two weeks just before their season, that won't happen," Tiley told Australian Associated Press. "You can't ask players to quarantine for two weeks and then step out and be ready to play a Grand Slam.
"We completely accept that everyone coming from overseas has got to have two weeks in quarantine," he added.
"What we are negotiating, or what we're trying to have an agreement on, is that we set up a quarantine environment where they can train and go between the hotel and the courts in those two weeks."
He also revised expected crowd numbers from the 50% he predicted in August to a likely 25%.
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