All Australian Tennis Events To Relocate To Melbourne in 2021

Published 11/15/2020, 2:00 PM EST

The scrapped off tennis calendar of 2020 has dealt with numerous new changes. With Cincinnati Open relocating to Flushing Meadows, tournaments taking place behind closed doors with COVID-19 measures, and events cutting down their prize money, tennis has witnessed extremities in 2020.

With the season curtaining down in a few days from now, the organizers are preparing for the 2021 season. To tennis players and fans, January is synonymous with the Oceanian nation of Australia.

All the professionals and their teams are used to the Australian trip during the month of January. However, in the year 2021, amidst all the travel restrictions and new normal conventions, Tennis Australia will hold all tennis events in the Victorian capital, Melbourne.

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Consequently, by avoiding the mammoth touring in Australia, all players will be quarantined for two weeks in the bubble located in tennis’ global capital in January.

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Generally, in January, the ATP Cup, Adelaide, Brisbane and Hobart International, ASB Classic, and the Australian Open are all held in Oceania. And this year, under the blanket of the pandemic, all events will be relocated to the city of Melbourne, which is home to the prestigious Aussie Slam.

However, in 2021, tournaments of Adelaide, Brisbane and Hobart won’t be staged. Also, the concrete plan and schedule of all events are yet to be released.

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The Australian government will personally invite the tennis players for a period of 5 weeks to visit the island country. The invitation would aid them to travel to Australia without any hassles.

“We completely accept that everyone coming from overseas has got to have two weeks in quarantine. What we’re trying to have an agreement on is that we set up a quarantine environment. There, they can train and go between the hotel and the courts in those two weeks,” said Craig Tiley, CEO of Tennis Australia.

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Former Aussie Major champions, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, and Naomi Osaka have announced their participation at the Australian Open 2021.

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Mahalakshmi Murali joined EssentiallySports in 2018 as a tennis author and has gone on to pen more than 1800 engaging articles, probing into various aspects of the sport and its illustrious players. With her expertise on the sport, Mahalakshmi has interviewed stalwarts from the sport such as Serena WIlliams’ coach Patrick Mouratoglou and Kevin Anderson’s physio, Carlos Costa. Equipped with her vast experience and a keen understanding of the sport, Mahalakshmi now co-heads the tennis department.

All Australian Tennis Events To Relocate To Melbourne in 2021

Australian tennis events planning

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