Australian media echoed a document that the Australian Open He sent them to the players to inform them about the sanitary protocols for the tournament. Number of people as part of the coaching staff, dates and how will the quarantine, training and tests, among many other questions.
Coaching staff
Finally, and as was being considered, the number of people that each tennis player will be able to take will have to do with their condition, a measure that was criticized and labeled as unfair. Those who will compete in the individual mode and have qualified directly to the main draw and the top 10 couples in doubles may travel with two members of their team, while the players in the previous phase and the rest of the doubles tennis players may only be accompanied by a person.
The only way to bring more people is for another tennis player to give up a place. It should be remembered that this is likely to happen, as players traveling unaccompanied will be paid $ 7,000 – the equivalent of flights, hospitality and food for that non-traveling team member. The objective would be for the least amount of people to enter, although if that quota can then be handed over to someone else, as has been reported, it does not seem to make much sense other than to continue increasing the differences between the best and worst ranked.
Quarantine and testing
Those who are going to participate in the Australian Open will be able to land in the oceanic country only on January 15 and 16. When everyone is there, a 15-day quarantine will begin: they will only be able to train when the first test – which will be carried out as soon as they land – of a negative result for coronavirus. In addition, all will be tested on days 1, 3, 7, 10 and 14 of isolation.
At the time of training there will also be restrictions. Obviously no one will be able to leave the facilities, but it is not the only thing. They will train in pairs in the first week of quarantine and with a companion each on the track, while during the second week they will do it in groups of four (two pairs will be combined to make different bubbles).
False positive
To avoid what happened with Damir Dzumhur and his coach and Fernando Verdasco in Roland Garros, players who test positive as soon as they arrive in Australia will have the possibility of undergoing a second test to clear up doubts and avoid false positives such as those mentioned previously. The Bosnian and his coach and the Spanish underwent several tests once disqualified and all were negative.
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