Top 3 will have their own bubble in Australia.

[UnforcedTerror]

Adelaide agreed to welcome Djokovic, Nadal and Thiem if they would play exhibition matches at the end of January. Other players will be quarantined in Melbourne.

"We're right up to the edge on the numbers of people we're allowed to quarantine in Melbourne," Tiley said. "We approached the South Australian government about the possibility of them quarantining at least 50 people. But they wouldn’t have any interest in doing it, because there’s no benefit to them to put their whole community at risk. But it would be a benefit if there was an exhibition just before Melbourne. So we chose the Top 3 men (and Top 3 women) and they’ll play an exhibition on the 29th and 30th of January." - Craig Tiley

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal & Dominic Thiem to quarantine in Adelaide instead of Melbourne

Craig Tiley has confirmed that the top three men's and women's players - which include Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem - will undergo their mandatory quarantine in Adelaide rather than

www.sportskeeda.com

 

[PeoplesChamp]

 

[Milanez82]

Guess Federer didn't make the cut and Mirka got upset

More to follow on this storyline

 

[BeatlesFan]

Guess Federer didn't make the cut and Mirka got upset

More to follow on this storyline

Yes, Dominic Thiem is definitely more popular and a much bigger draw than Roger Federer. Roger didn't "make the cut" because he already withdrew from the event. Had he played and demanded the AO organizers dismantle the Eiffel Tower, fly it in from Paris and place it outside his hotel room, they would have complied.

 

[skaj]

Some of them already live in a bubble.

 

[USO]

Nadal (20) > Djokovic (17) + Thiem (1)

Federer (20) > Djokovic (17) + Thiem (1)

 

[zipplock]

It's interesting info in the article. Only allowing 50-75% capacity into the tennis events. I thought Australia had "eradicated" CV and their strict quarantine protocols would manage any CV entering the country. Why not open at 100% since they have eradicated the CV as per users on this forum and have 50,000 people attending rugby events? Also, if the top 3 have to undergo the SAME quarantine conditions as the others, why would they agree to quarantine outside Melbourne AND commit to exhibition tennis which will cut into training time? Something doesn't add up...

 

[Bartelby]

The new more infectious variants of the virus have made it to Australia and one or two such people have escaped into the community, so the authorities have turned very cautious.

It's interesting info in the article. Only allowing 50-75% capacity into the tennis events. I thought Australia had "eradicated" CV and their strict quarantine protocols would manage any CV entering the country. Why not open at 100% since they have eradicated the CV as per users on this forum and have 50,000 people attending rugby events? Also, if the top 3 have to undergo the SAME quarantine conditions as the others, why would they agree to quarantine outside Melbourne AND commit to exhibition tennis which will cut into training time? Something doesn't add up...

 

[beard]

Nadal (20) > Djokovic (17) + Thiem (1)

Federer (20) > Djokovic (17) + Thiem (1)

Federer = retired

 

[victorcruz]

Yes, Dominic Thiem is definitely more popular and a much bigger draw than Roger Federer. Roger didn't "make the cut" because he already withdrew from the event. Had he played and demanded the AO organizers dismantle the Eiffel Tower, fly it in from Paris and place it outside his hotel room, they would have complied.

If Roger ever demanded such a thing, I might have to give up on Fedal bromance.

 

[Rafa4LifeEver]

Yes, Dominic Thiem is definitely more popular and a much bigger draw than Roger Federer. Roger didn't "make the cut" because he already withdrew from the event. Had he played and demanded the AO organizers dismantle the Eiffel Tower, fly it in from Paris and place it outside his hotel room, they would have complied.

This genuinely sent me on a laughing tour for literally 180 Seconds straight...
(Oh, and I agree with your opinion, too)
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