Tennis: Judy Murray gives Andy coronavirus recovery update Novak Djokovic has taken the chance to justify his letter to Australian Open chiefs, asking them to ease quarantine restrictions following fierce criticism from colleagues including Nick Kyrgios. Upon arrival Down Under, players have been placed into lockdown for 14 days ahead of this year’s competition which gets underway on February 8. […]

From bitter social media posts to workouts using mattresses as hitting partners, dozens of the world’s best tennis players confined to Australian hotels for two weeks are dealing with their confinement in contrasting ways. The Australian Open in Melbourne has been delayed three weeks until February 8 because of the coronavirus pandemic, and has run into new problems this week. […]

Hitting balls against a mattress and running 5km, quarantined tennis players are getting creative as they try to kill time in their hotel rooms before next month’s Australian Open. Passengers on three Australian Open charter flights have been sent into hard quarantine, with more than 70 players unable to train outside their hotel rooms for 14 days ahead of the […]

The trip to Australia has always been the longest of the tennis season for most of the world's players, but never before has the destination felt more distant or foreign. Players stepping off the plane in Melbourne enter a city where citizens can walk freely without masks, where the daily death count has never been broken up by commas. Melbourne […]

Nick Kyrgios branded Novak Djokovic a "tool" after the Serbian world No.1 requested a relaxation of quarantine rules ahead of the Australian Open. Outspoken Aussie Kyrgios also took aim at Bernard Tomic's girlfriend, Vanessa Sierra, over her "ridiculous" complaints about the living situation in the hotel where players are accommodated. "Djokovic is a tool," Kyrgios wrote on Twitter. "I don’t […]

Roger Federer: Chris Evans recalls encounter with tennis star Novak Djokovic has reportedly reached out to Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley with a letter of demands ahead of the Australian Open. The first Grand Slam of the year gets underway on February 8 but there’s already a number of frustrated players arriving in the country who are being forced to […]

Nick Kyrgios took aim at Novak Djokovic after the world No. 1 reportedly sent a list of ‘demands’ to Australian Open chiefs about quarantine restrictions, while he accused Bernard Tomic’s girlfriend of having ‘no perspective’. Kyrgios, the Australian who has become a surprising voice of sanity during the pandemic, was left unamused by a new report where Australian politicians publicly […]

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has rejected accusations from disgruntled tennis stars that organisers changed the rules about hotel quarantine at the last minute. After positive COVID-19 cases were detected on three flights carrying players to Melbourne for the year’s first grand slam, 72 competitors were deemed “close contacts” and forced into 14 days of isolation, unable to leave […]

Bernard Tomic and girlfriend Vanessa Sierra’s turbulent hotel quarantine hit another bump on Wednesday with cricket WAG Sara Leonardi-McGrath taking an unprovoked pot-shot at the reality TV star turned adult website entertainer. Kayo is your ticket to the best sport streaming Live & On-Demand. New to Kayo? Get your 14-day free trial & start streaming instantly > Sierra has been […]

Australian Open chief Craig Tiley has leapt to the defence of Novak Djokovic over his calls for looser quarantine restrictions, insisting they were ‘suggestions’ rather than ‘demands’. Djokovic wrote a letter to the Tennis Australia CEO with a series of ideas of how to improve quarantine conditions for the 72 players affected by positive tests on charter flights from LA, […]