The Australian authorities on Monday denied the request of the world's number 1 racket
Novak Djokovic
to relax from the quarantine measures of tennis players participating in the Australian Open, which is held from February 8 to 21.
"People are free to put forward a list of demands, but the answer is no," Victoria's head of government Daniel Andrews told a news conference in Melbourne in which he stressed that the sanitary measures imposed around at the Australian Open "were clearly exposed in advance."
The 33-year-old Serbian, who like some elite tennis players like
Rafa Nadal
are in the city of Adelaide fulfilling their confinement, sent the CEO of Tennis Australia,
Craig Tiley
, a letter with six points to improve the conditions of the players, as reported on Sunday by the specialized website Punto de Break.
Djokovic requested in his letter the transfer of the players to private homes with tennis courts to train, the authorization for their coach or physical trainer to visit them if they have passed the tests to detect covid-19, reduce the days of isolation, among other demands.
"There is no special treatment for anyone," Andrews insisted when asked about the world's number 1 request.
Victoria, which was the epicenter of the second wave of COVID-19 in Australia after failures in the quarantines of travelers in Melbourne hotels, reported on Monday its 12th day without local infections, although four of the infections among international travelers They are tied to the Australian Open.
To date, a total of 72 players have been forced to be confined to their hotel rooms in Melbourne, without the possibility of leaving for five hours to train, for having traveled in three charter planes with 5 cases of COVID-19, which it has caused discontent among several of them.
One of the complaints that has gone viral was that of
Yulia Putintseva
, who published on Saturday night a video of a mouse inside his room where he is quarantined, as well as training, while the Uruguayan
Pablo Cuevas
is dedicated to putting images of him "surfing" on her mattress.
"Here I am going to spend my 14 days of quarantine alone," the Spaniard
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
said on Instagram when he showed his room in a video
.
who along with his compatriot
Paula Badosa
, as well as the Mexican
Santiago González
is part of the group of 72 athletes under strict confinement.
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