As the Australian Open approaches, we are learning more details about the environment in which the first Grand Slam will be held. of the season from February 8 to 21 between strict health and safety protocols to avoid coronavirus infections.
One of those last details is how the great tennis rackets will be quarantined. According to the Australian media 7News, six of the main rackets of the male and female circuit such as Novak Djokovic or Rafa Nadal will not complete this quarantine period in Melbourne, as the rest of the tennis players will do, but will do so in Adelaide.
The reason is the athe decision that Tennis Australia and the government of the South Australian region have reached for an exhibition tournament on January 29 and 30 in Adelaide. This fact will allow a group of 50 people made up of tennis players and their teams not to have to spend 14 days in the Melbourne bubble, where about 1,000 people could stay in the quarantine between players and staff.
In this way, the three tennis players on the ATP circuit who will be quarantined in Adelaide will be Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal and Dominic Thiem, while the three players from the WTA circuit who will be staying in Adelaide for this exhibition tournament will be Ashleigh Barty, Simona Halep and Naomi Osaka.