Sport
Tennis
'Djokovic is a tool': Kyrgios slams Serbian star after list of demands
The Australian hit out at the world No.1 for making the requests on behalf of players currently going through 14 days of hard lockdown.
- by Sam Phillips
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More positive cases linked to Australian Open 'likely' in coming days
More players and officials landing in Melbourne for the Australian Open are likely to test positive to coronavirus within days after new cases were confirmed among participants arriving for the tennis tournament.
- by Melissa Cunningham, Anthony Colangelo and Aisha Dow
Transport bungle leaves de Minaur unable to train as ATP request 'additional support'
Tennis Australia was forced to apologise after logistics dramas prevented Australian Open stars being transported to training courts, leaving them confined to their hotel rooms.
- by Sam Phillips
Tomic unable to train ahead of Australian Open, girlfriend says
Vanessa Sierra says the pair had been spending 11 hours a day playing World of Warcraft and other games to keep entertained as training sessions continued to be cancelled.
- by Sarah Keoghan
Left at the boarding gate: Perez in race to make Australian Open
Australian doubles player Ellen Perez planned to board a chartered flight out of Dubai on Friday but reported that she had a runny nose one hour before boarding and wasn't allowed on the plane.
- by Scott Spits
Opinion
Australian Open
Australian Open can't afford one miss after hotel quarantine scrutiny
Authorities are backing that the systems will work this time but in the community the appetite for the Australian Open is diminishing.
- by Greg Baum
Tennis player in strict isolation says majority of his peers happy to abide by the rules
He can't leave his room to do anything, not even train, and now he has to prepare for a grand slam in isolation. But Artem Sitak says most of his peers don't mind doing what's required by the government to play.
- by Anthony Colangelo
Player believed to be among Australian Open participants infected with COVID-19
A player is believed to be among the Australian Open participants who have returned positive tests for COVID-19 infections and more cases may come to light as testing continues, Victorian health officials say.
- by Claire Siracusa and Marissa Calligeros
Players kill time in AO hotel quarantine
Australian Open players who are in hotel quarantine in Melbourne are finding creative ways to train and stay busy.
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Australian Open
'Absolutely not': Djokovic's demands for players' early release rejected
Premier Daniel Andrews said "people are free to provide lists of demands" but the answer to whether any protocols would be changing or restrictions on players easing was no.
- by Anthony Colangelo and Marissa Calligeros
Woodbridge on Aus Open quarantine drama
Aussie tennis great Todd Woodbridge spoke to TODAY about the hard quarantine drama engulfing the Australian Open.