Tension is high ahead of the 2021 Australian Open. Players are frustrated because of strict COVID-19 measures and the fact that a great number of them aren’t allowed to leave their Melbourne hotel rooms for 14 days. A seemingly regular clip from Naomi Osaka‘s Adelaide practice session further fueled the discontent.
Seventy-two WTA players are struggling to stay in shape while being confined to their rooms (sometimes together with mice, like in the case of Yulia Putintseva). The others are lucky to have five hours a day to train in bio-secure bubbles.