Frustration and confusion continues unabated in the build-up to the season’s first major, starting on 8 February, with some 72 players and staffers in lockdown in Melbourne following six positive Covid-19 cases among the entourages arriving to Australia on 17 charter flights in recent days.
Related: Australian Open: how Covid is shaping the tennis tournament – explainer While many players have transformed their hotel rooms into makeshift training centres, the overall sentiment has been one of disquiet and apprehension about potential injury and form ramifications of two weeks with no court practice.
Bautista Agut was the latest to voice concern on Tuesday, drawing parallels between hotel quarantine and being behind bars. “It’s the same, but.
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