MELBOURNE: Forty-seven players were barred from practising for a fortnight Saturday in a major setback to their Australian Open preparations after passengers on two charter flights that brought them to Melbourne tested positive to Covid-19.
One of the positive tests was returned by Sylvain Bruneau, the coach of Canada’s 2019 US Open winner Bianca Andreescu.
He said he was “saddened and sorry for the consequences” after arriving on a flight from Abu Dhabi.
Everyone on board the two flights, considered as close contacts, has been ordered to stay in their hotel rooms for the entire 14-day mandatory quarantine period.
It means none of them will be…
