The organizers of the Australian Open will have to redesign the quarantine hotel selected to house foreign tennis players because the owners of the apartments in it are threatened with lawsuits.
Organized by the Australian federation and government, players coming to the tournament would have spent the 14-day mandatory quarantine at the Westin Melbourne luxury hotel, but the plan failed on Tuesday as apartment owners in the hotel complained that they had not been consulted, putting the matter to justice.
The hotel then announced that the tennis players and their staff would be accommodated in another hotel.
Players are expected to arrive in Australia from mid-January, after hosting tournaments in Melbourne Park a week before the start of the AO. For example, Novak Djokovic, who leads the world rankings for men, and Rafael Nadal, the 20-time GS tournament winner, plan to compete in the ATP Cup team competition on February 1-5, which means they must arrive no later than January 16th. to the scene.
The first Grand Slam tournament of the year is scheduled to start on February 8 in Melbourne.
(Source: Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti / Photo: pixabay, mti)