Australian Open to begin on February 8?
The season’s first Grand Slam to be held at the Melbourne Park had originally been scheduled to begin on January 18, amid questions about the players’ travel and preparation due to the COVID-19 health guidelines and protocols.
Victoria state, of which Melbourne is the capital, has not recorded a new case of COVID-19 in over a month after a nearly four-month hard lockdown to combat a second wave of infections.
Now it is presumed that the players would be allowed to train outside their hotel rooms during the quarantine period.
