Andy Murray’s standing for Australian Open doubtful after constructive COVID-19 take a look at

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Andy Murray’s standing for the Australian Open was put doubtful Thursday after he examined constructive for the coronavirus solely days earlier than his deliberate constitution flight to Melbourne.
The three-time Grand Slam champion is isolating at residence close to London, the match stated in an announcement.
“Unfortunately this means he will be unable to join the official AO charter flights arriving in Australia in the coming days to go through the quarantine period with the other players,” the assertion stated. “The AO followers love Andy, and we all know how a lot he loves competing right here in Melbourne and the way exhausting he’d labored for this chance.”
Murray has been given a wild-card entry into the primary Grand Slam match of 2021.
The Australian Open was delayed three weeks due to COVID-19 restrictions and is ready to start Feb. 8. Players and officers should spend 14 days in quarantine as soon as they arrive in Australia.
Murray, a five-time Australian Open runner-up, earlier backed out of the Delray Beach Open in Florida to “minimize the risks” of contracting the virus by worldwide journey.
Murray may nonetheless compete in Australia. American participant Tennys Sandgren was given particular clearance to board a constitution flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne regardless of testing constructive for COVID-19 in November and once more on Monday.

Under match protocols agreed with Australian authorities authorities, all gamers needed to return a unfavorable take a look at earlier than boarding their flights to Australia and can be subjected to additional testing on arrival and day by day throughout a 14-day interval of quarantine.
Sandgren acquired an exemption after Australian well being officers assessed his case historical past.
American participant Madison Keys has additionally examined constructive earlier than her scheduled flight to Australia. She stated she is self-isolating at residence.
“I’ve very disappointed to not be able to play in the coming weeks after training hard in the off-season and knowing Tennis Australia and the tours did so much to make these events happen,” Keys wrote on Twitter.
The first of about 1,200 gamers, coaches, entourage and officers have been set to land Thursday in Australia.
Tennis Australia stated gamers who’ve beforehand examined constructive for COVID-19 have been “required to provide additional and highly detailed medical information as proof they are a recovered case and no longer infectious or a risk to the community.”
Murray is at the moment ranked No. 123 after a number of years of battling hip accidents and surgical procedure.
The 33-year-old Scot made a teary retirement announcement in Melbourne two years in the past earlier than present process a second spherical of surgical procedures to increase his profession.