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Tennis: Australia Open warm-up events under cloud as players asked to isolate

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<p>MELBOURNE - Australian Open lead-up events faced disruption on Thursday after a hotel quarantine worker in Melbourne tested positive for the novel coronavirus, prompting the government to ask those staying in the hotel to isolate.</p><p>Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said Thursday&#x27;s play at the six warm-up events at Melbourne Park is set to be affected as 500-600 Australian Open players, officials and support staff will go into isolation.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/02/03/21/tennis-alex-eala-resumes-winning-ways-at-spain-itf-event">Tennis: Alex Eala resumes winning ways at Spain ITF event</a></li></ul><p>&quot;At this stage there is no impact on the tournament proper,&quot; Andrews said at a news conference late on Wednesday.</p><p>Tennis Australia, who are the organisers of the Feb. 8-21 Grand Slam, did not immediately respond to request for comment.<strong> (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Pritha Sarkar)</strong></p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VNUquE4gomY?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>MELBOURNE - Australian Open lead-up events faced disruption on Thursday after a hotel quarantine worker in Melbourne tested positive for the novel coronavirus, prompting the government to ask those staying in the hotel to isolate.</p>

MELBOURNE - Australian Open lead-up events faced disruption on Thursday after a hotel quarantine worker in Melbourne tested positive for the novel coronavirus, prompting the government to ask those staying in the hotel to isolate.