2021 Australian Open: Preview
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In the normal world, the 2021 Australian Open would’ve been run and done, and our champions would’ve been toasted with a media shoot by the Yarra River.
However, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and Australia’s strict quarantine protocols, which have proven effective in fighting off COVID-19, forced this year’s tournament to be pushed back by three weeks, with the first ball to be served in anger next Monday, February 8.
Many of the world’s best players have been released from hotel quarantine in the past few days, and are currently ramping up their preparations by playing numerous ongoing tournaments at Melbourne Park in what has been dubbed the “Melbourne Summer Series”.