Veteran tennis umpire Carlos Bernardes has reportedly suffered a heart attack inside his hotel quarantine room in Melbourne. The Australian Open official was rushed to a Melbourne hospital and is now in a stable condition, according to Tennis News Brazil. Bernardes was quarantining in hard lockdown alongside at least 72 other players after flying to Australia for the Australian Open, […]

Aussie tennis player Ellen Perez is bringing the same heat she normally saves for a crisp forehand with a series of hilarious videos documenting her 14 days in hotel quarantine. The world No. 47 ranked doubles specialist entered into her mandatory hotel room confinement at the Pan Pacific in South Wharf, Melbourne, away from the rest of the tennis fraternity. […]

Novak Djokovic smiles to photographers from one of the hotels where players are quarantined Players arrive for practice sessions at Melbourne Park Britain’s Heather Watson is among the 47 along with grand slam champions Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber and Bianca Andreescu, whose coach Sylvain Bruneau revealed he was the source of one of the three positive tests. The players should […]

Bernard Tomic's girlfriend Vanessa Sierra has slammed the quarantine living conditions in Melbourne, revealing the pair have been unable to do any exercise whatsoever in the lead-up to the Australian Open. Sierra uploaded a video to social media outlining the couple's experience and said they had been kept in the dark after multiple training sessions were cancelled at the last […]

A leaked email from tennis Australia to some of the world’s top players declares they will be sent into hard lockdown and unable to leave their rooms for 14 days. The email says that two people aboard flight QR7493 from Los Angeles to Melbourne were infected with COVID-19 and could have spread the virus to other passengers. “Unfortunately we have […]

Rafael Nadal reacts to winning the French Open title There were few chances in the ATP’s latest rankings update on Monday, with no fresh introductions into the top 50, but there was a major milestone for Rafael Nadal. The ‘King of Clay’ has now been in the top 10 of the rankings for 800 consecutive weeks with 570 weeks of […]

What are the rules for Open players? What has the controversy been about? And what’s next? If you're wondering why politicians are accusing tennis players of feeding mice in hotel rooms, why social media is awash with videos of tennis balls getting whacked into upturned mattresses and why Bernard Tomic's girlfriend is complaining about having to wash her hair, you're […]

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews refused to make any changes to quarantine rules for Australian Open players on Monday, after a list of requests from world No 1 Novak Djokovic. The defending champion reportedly sent a letter to officials at the first Grand Slam of the year with several requests for players who are in lockdown in Melbourne. There are now […]

Tennis players have begun turning on their own over the special treatment given to the sport’s big names completing their 14 days of hotel quarantine in Australia. The hard lockdown continues for 72 players confined to their hotel rooms in Melbourne after arriving in Australia on flights that involved a passenger testing positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Australia. Australian […]

Australian Open: Two players test positive for coronavirus Novak Djokovic has received fresh criticism after reportedly making a series of demands to Australian Open chiefs amid coronavirus chaos in Melbourne. A total of 72 players are in strict isolation after a number of positive tests were returned from the flights that took players and coaches Down Under last week. Djokovic […]