China News Service, February 1, According to foreign media reports, the Minister of Sports of Victoria, where Melbourne is located, said that after the opening of the Australian Open, about 30,000 spectators will be allowed to watch the game every day.

Although there are currently very few spectators of this size in sports events, the total number of spectators at the Australian Open will drop by about half compared to normal years.

Screenshot of foreign media reports.

　　The Australian Open will be held from February 8 to 21, local time. However, before the start of the match, it was already plagued by the epidemic. Many players tested positive for nucleic acid and some players were forced to withdraw from the match.

　　In mid-January, the Australian Open officially revealed that the grand slam winner Murray tested positive for the new crown nucleic acid and was in isolation in the UK.

He was unable to arrive in Australia in the next few days to spend the isolation period with other players.

In the end, Murray had to withdraw from the Australian Open.

　　A few days later, Chinese teenager Wang Xiyu said on personal social media that she would miss the Australian Open in 2021 because of the positive result of the new coronavirus nucleic acid test.

Data map: Wang Xiyu.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Chang

　　According to reports, three Australian Open charter flights departing from Doha, Los Angeles and Abu Dhabi all showed positive passengers for the new crown virus, and dozens of players were forced to quarantine in hotel rooms after arriving in Australia.

　　On January 24, local time, the Australian Open officially announced that in order to provide more opportunities for players who cannot train during the isolation period, the Australian Open will adjust the warm-up match schedule.

Among them, a WTA500 event was added before the Australian Open, and events such as the ATP Cup were postponed for one day.

　　Under the shadow of the global epidemic, events with 30,000 spectators a day are very rare.

But the total audience of the Australian Open will eventually drop by about half compared to normal years.

In 2020, the two-week event attracted a total of approximately 820,000 spectators.

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