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  Players arrive for Australian Open; straight into quarantine

  Tennis | January 15, 2021 14:12 IST

  The first of about 1,200 players, coaches, entourage and officials were met by airport staff and biosecurity officials wearing personal protective equipment including masks and face shields, before being taken to hotel quarantine.

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  Australian Open: Tennys Sandgren gets OK to fly to Melbourne despite COVID-19 result

  Tennis | January 14, 2021 12:22 IST

  The two-time Australian Open quarterfinalist was given a special clearance to board one of the flights from Los Angeles to Melbourne despite testing positive to COVID-19 in November and again on Monday.

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  Australian Open qualifying complete; 15 charters to arrive

  Cricket | January 14, 2021 10:58 IST

  Nearly 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles) from Melbourne, the qualifying tournament has been completed for the Australian Open, with 16 men and 16 women set to join the singles main draw beginning Feb. 8.

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  Ankita Raina falls short again, loses final round of Australian Open Qualifiers

  Tennis | January 13, 2021 16:32 IST

  It was the Indian's sixth attempt to qualify for a competition at the grand stage. 

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  Ankita moves to final round, Ramkumar bows out of Australian Open Qualifiers

  Tennis | January 12, 2021 15:53 IST

  In the women's singles qualifiers being held in Dubai, Ankita overcame a second-set lapse to win 6-2 2-6 6-3 in the second round against the Ukrainian.

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  2 test positive for COVID-19 in Australian Open qualifying

  Tennis | January 12, 2021 7:50 IST

  Denis Kudla, seeded No. 4 in the qualifying event, was withdrawn following a 6-4, 6-3 first-round win over Elliot Benchetrit. Francisco Cerundolo beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-2, 6-4 before he was withdrawn.

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  Ramkumar Ramanathan, Ankita Raina advance to 2nd round of Australian Open Qualifiers

  Tennis | January 10, 2021 21:07 IST

  Ramkumar, who is yet to make a Grand Slam main draw appearance, ousted 10th seed Argentine Facundo Bagnis with a hard-fought 7-6(6) 7-5 victory in one hour and 53 minutes in men's singles first round.

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  Djokovic, Nadal, Serena to play in exhibition tournament ahead of Australian Open 2021

  Tennis | January 09, 2021 19:20 IST

  Tennis Australia, the governing body for the sport, said in a statement on Saturday that the group of international players will arrive in Adelaide from January 14 and undergo mandatory quarantine for 14 days.

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  Sumit Nagal receives wildcard for 2021 Australian Open

  Tennis | December 28, 2020 6:39 IST

  Nagal, who is India's second highest ranked men's singles player and holds a world ranking of 136 and Chinese world no. 123 Wang Xiyu are the recipients of the Asia-Pacific wildcard.

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  Andy Murray receives Australian Open wild-card entry

  Tennis | December 28, 2020 5:49 IST

  Former top-ranked Murray has slipped to No. 122 in the ATP rankings after several years of battling hip injuries and surgery.

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  Roger Federer to miss Australian Open; planning 2021 return

  Tennis | December 28, 2020 5:36 IST

  Tony Godsick — Federer’s long-time representative and CEO of their management company, TEAM8 — said Sunday he is working on putting together a 2021 tennis calendar for the 20-time Grand Slam champion

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  Serena Williams, Roger Federer among entries for 2021 Australian Open

  Tennis | December 24, 2020 17:21 IST

  Apart from the star duo, world number one Ash Barty and eight-time champion Novak Djokovic (SRB) will lead the fields at the tournament slated to be held from February 8-21.

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  Australian Open 2021: Players to undergo 14-day mandatory quarantine

  Tennis | December 19, 2020 14:58 IST

  Qualifying for the men's singles draw in Melbourne will take place in Doha, Qatar and for the women's in Dubai, both from Jan. 10-13.

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  Australian Open to begin on February 8 as ATP releases tennis calendar for 2021

  Tennis | December 17, 2020 10:23 IST

  The ATP said that men’s qualifying for the season’s first Grand Slam tournament is being moved to Doha, Qatar, from Jan. 10-13.

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  Australian Open: Start date not confirmed despite reports

  Tennis | December 03, 2020 12:42 IST

  Players will have to quarantine for two weeks from Jan. 15, but the Victorian Government has reportedly agreed to special conditions for players.

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  COVID-19: Australian Open 2021 'most likely' to be delayed

  Tennis | November 25, 2020 10:49 IST

  Australian Open tournament director and Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley last weekend said the final dates should be confirmed within two weeks.

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  Australian Open dates expected within 2 weeks

  Tennis | November 22, 2020 15:10 IST

  Chief executive Craig Tiley was responding on Sunday to unsourced reports the season-opening grand slam event might be pushed back until February, March or even later.

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  Victoria state premier confident Australian Open will go ahead in January

  Tennis | November 18, 2020 12:44 IST

  Andrews' government was in the forefront of a second wave of COVID-19 deaths in his state which saw lengthy lockdowns for Melbourne residents.

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  Australian Open chief wants quarantine rules relaxed for players

  Tennis | October 16, 2020 11:08 IST

  Although tennis stars Roger Federer and Serena Williams have already committed to next year's tournament, Tiley said players simply won't show up if they can't prepare properly.

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  Victorian government working on getting crowd back for Boxing Day Test and Australian Open

  Other Sports | September 14, 2020 16:31 IST

  There is speculation that MCG may miss out on hosting the Boxing Day Test, an annual highlight on the calendar, since Victoria is reeling under COVID-19 pandemic.