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The two-time champion has made up her mind after Instagram posts sent officials on a wild goose chase.

Unseeded and down to 42nd in the world rankings, it was difficult to imagine Osaka seriously challenging for a third title in Melbourne and fifth overall. Osaka was never on the entry lists to play in Adelaide or Hobart this coming week but remained in the Australian Open field until Sunday. Disgruntled fans took to social media to express their dismay, a number replying to the post and seemingly blaming Osaka’s boyfriend for her not playing tennis. The 25-year-old former world No.1 has not played a match in four months and her career has been under a cloud due to injury. Australian Open officials were left scrambling to determine her exact whereabouts and the playing status of one of the sport’s leading stars. They posted a photo sitting together in front of the Mona Lisa and another from a concert.

Two-time champion Naomi Osaka will not play at the Australian Open, adding her name to a growing list of notable withdrawals.

“But I also know you can’t be certain.” And that is the lesson that will make the records most meaningful. “But the last three Olympics have been in places that have nothing to do with alpine skiing, normally.” [Boy is that right: Sochi, PyeongChang, and Beijing.] “Cortina is a place that I love. “And of course if I’m racing, I’m going to want to be a medal contender, and there’s all that goes along with that.” A mouthful. “In the slalom and giant slalom and the combined, I went out at the fourth gate, the fifth fate, the ninth gate, but I skied those gates exactly how I wanted to ski them. It’s reflexive to diminish deaths of the very old, but loss is loss and Shiffrin was very close to her grandmother. At the end of the 2021 season, Shiffrin won four medals at the World Championships, including a gold in the combined downhill-slalom event. Content that highlighted her status in that moment often noted that she was “back.” She was not back. The arc of Shiffrin’s life and career following that 2019 season is well-known to ski racing fans and even to a broader audience that witnessed her struggles in the 2022 Olympics. She won a remarkable 17 World Cup races in the season that ended on March 17 of 2019, just four days after her 24th birthday. This was particularly true with Shiffrin: She was a prodigy, whispered — and then shouted — about across the breadth of the sport when she was barely in her teens, as the next big — and possibly biggest — thing. It will be said that Shiffrin’s record is the result of sustained brilliance, and that is manifestly true. It will be said that she packed her victories into a shorter period — 12 seasons — than either of the final two racers she passed; Vonn raced 18 seasons and won No.

Tennis players won't need to disclose positive COVID-19 results, but organisers recommend they stay at home if they feel unwell.

Renshaw played on day two against South Africa in Sydney, the only difference being that he used a separate change-room to his teammates and kept his The Australian Open is another opportunity for us to put our best foot forward in 2023.” We’ll leave it for them to make their inquiries and determinations on those matters.” “The first thing I worry about is the health of the individual,” he said. COVID-19 restrictions and vaccination controversy affected the tennis tournament last year. “We just wanted to follow what’s currently in the community,” he said. “It’s a normalised environment for us and, not dissimilar to the cricket, there will potentially be players that will compete with COVID.” Spectators, including international travellers, are flocking to Melbourne Park to watch the tennis under no COVID-19 capacity restrictions. It is also strongly recommended that close contacts continue testing on rapid antigen tests (RATs) and monitor for symptoms for at least seven days. We’re just happy to be back where it was pre-COVID.” He said that since tennis was an outdoor sport with minimal close contact, it was unlikely players would contract COVID-19 from each other when playing. “We’ve made it clear to our players, as well as our over 12,000 staff.

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley dismisses suggestions the event should be moved to a date later in the year, but concedes the international ...

This week he's going to participate in some events." But at the same time we're kind of used to it. So I'll be looking at that." That depends on your schedule and everything," he said. They know what they need to do." It starts here in Australia.

Tennis stars competing at this year's Australian Open will still be able to play if infected with COVID, in a sweeping change by the national governing body ...

"We have gone a step further by making a recommendation around staying away when you’re ill, and that our medical staff – Dr Karen Holzer is the best in the business – she will continue to monitor that, with the players individually as well." "It’s a normalised environment for us and, not dissimilar to the cricket, there will potentially be players that will compete with COVID." Tennis stars competing at this year's Australian Open will still be able to play if infected with COVID, in a sweeping change by the national governing body.

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But at the same time we’re kind of used to it. The sport does need to get together and look at the length of it. We’ve been talking about that for a long time. “But Australia is the summer, Australia is January and this event is, from the players’ perspective, one of their favourite places to play. It starts here in Australia. It starts in January.

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But at the same time, we're kind of used to it. Many players also face the challenge of adapting from the northern hemisphere winter to the Australian summer. Tiley was speaking during an event at Melbourne Park on Monday that marked the start of the Australian Open qualifying tournament. Alcaraz and veteran Venus Williams both will miss the tournament with injuries. We've been talking about that for a long time. It starts here in Australia."

With calls urging the hierarchy of the Australian Open to change the timing of the event to allow players a longer offseason gaining momentum, ...

I've done it for a couple years where you finish quite late and then you get right into the midst of things." "The sport does need to get together and look at the length of it. "It's no secret the year's a very long year," de Minaur said. "You play tournaments throughout the whole year, you finish quite late. "They're coming here earlier, we're now seeing players here for six weeks, for seven weeks and the preparation for the Australian summer is very normalized," he said. Tiley was speaking during an event at Melbourne Park on Monday that marked the start of the Australian Open qualifying tournament.

Players at this month's Australian Open will not be required to take COVID-19 tests and could play even if they had the virus, tournament director Craig ...

Register for free to Reuters and know the full story "It's a normalised environment for us and, not dissimilar to the cricket, there will potentially be players that will compete with COVID." The batsman was isolated from his team mates for the first three days of the match but returned to the home dressing room after several negative tests.

A year after nine-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic was deported because of his vaccination status, tournament officials have confirmed this year's ...

We’re just happy to be back where it was pre-Covid.” He remains unvaccinated but will be able to compete for a 10th title at Melbourne Park from next Monday. Last year you had to be vaccinated just to play the Australian Open, but all the Covid rules have changed.