The covid rages around the Australian Open a few days before the start, scheduled for February 8: today the health authorities have made it known that two other players have tested positive, without however indicating their names.
This has resulted in seven cases of contagion associated with the great Australian tennis tournament, a traditional early season event.
According to the Victoria State Department of Health, out of a total of nine people who tested positive, two are considered old cases.
However, the cases of positivity that emerged among people who arrived on three charter flights, respectively from Los Angeles, Doha and Abu Dhabi - as reported by Supertennis TV - force 72 athletes to a more severe quarantine, without being able to leave the room and therefore without being able to train . Instead, controversy has also aroused among the players, the decision of the organizers to divide the participants in the tournament in two locations, in Melbourne and Adelaide. The reason for the disagreement, which also involved Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios, is the alleged best treatment that would be reserved for some players in the Adelaide venue. Meanwhile, the request to cancel the event is growing on the web.