The Australian Open tennis event will happen from February 8 to 21, 2021, ATP introduced Thursday, confirming the delay because of well being restrictions as a result of coronavirus of this event which was supposed to start out on January 18.
The males’s qualifying spherical will happen January 10-13 in Doha, Qatar, after which the certified gamers and their assist groups will journey to (*8*) to finish a compulsory 14-day quarantine, ATP stated, with out indicating this. that would be the girls’s {qualifications}.
According to the native press, athletes and their entourage shall be pressured to remain in lodges designated to them, and they are going to be allowed to coach as much as 5 hours a day, transported by the organizers between lodges and Melbourne Park.
Tennis (*8*) didn’t instantly affirm this info.
The Adelaide event, diminished to 12 groups and relocated, and an ATP 250 event shall be held in Melbourne forward of the Open which is now scheduled for February 8-21.
“Together, with the support of our tournament, players, partners and Tennis Australia, we have been able to adapt and create an exciting start to the season,” stated ATP President Andrea Gaudenzi.
“Health and safety will remain essential as we face the challenges that lie before us,” he added, thanking all these concerned within the group.
Serbian Novak Djokovic will search a ninth Australian title, after defeating Austrian Dominic Thiem within the remaining in February.
American Sofia Kenin will defend her title acquired final February by beating Spain’s Garbine Muguruza within the remaining.
Australian Open official Craig Tiley stated between 25% and 50% of the stands shall be open to the general public.
(*8*) has recorded round 28,000 circumstances of coronavirus contamination for a inhabitants of 25 million, and round 900 deaths.
