At least one player has had to retire mid match during qualies today due to suffering a respiratory attack. Interesting decision to go ahead with qualies outdoors today.
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Grand Slam Australian Open 2020 (Day 0)
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Hope the ao gets thrown into the lions for this call. What a terrible call to play today. They have plenty of time to finish quallies and the smoke is meant to clear by tomorrow.
Why the rush. Why risk the players health. This is not heat, players can't prepare for breathing in this filth. What a stupid call.
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Tomic is going to hate playing in these conditions
Anyway ao organisers need to be mindful of the air quality report instead of putting players, officials, ball kids and spectators at risk
De minaur in doubt due to an abdominal injury.
Alex de Minaur in doubt for Australian Open
Australian number one Alex de Minaur is a major doubt for the Australian Open and will take a day-by-day approach after suffering an abdominal injury in the ATP Cup.mobile.abc.net.au
It was a mistake to play him in the singles and doubles on the same day against team gb.
Yep, it wasn't nessecary to over play him.
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Jakupovic retired while leading 6-4 5-6 Ad so it wasn't like a player used it as an excuse for losing either.
This may be stupid but why can’t they play qualifiers on courts with roof , can roof be closed and air conditioners keep air ok ? May not be possible , just a thought
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Tennis Australia firm on air quality policy as players struggle to breathe
Tennis Australia is holding firm on its hazardous air quality policy as bushfire smoke interrupted the first day of Australian Open qualifiers and day one of the Kooyong Classic, with one player collapsing and many others treated.
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how can they say that.
Tennis Australia firm on air quality policy as players struggle to breathe
Tennis Australia is holding firm on its hazardous air quality policy as bushfire smoke interrupted the first day of Australian Open qualifiers and day one of the Kooyong Classic, with one player collapsing and many others treated.www.theage.com.au
Lets be honest, if this was the main draw and Fed, Rafa or Serena were somehow on an outside court, they would have stopped play. When the city is telling people not to go outside, perhaps playing tennis is not the smartest thing in the world.
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Exactly , the organisers wouldn't allow a big name player to play in these conditions.
Poor form by the organisers.
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I don't understand why they dont use the indoor courts
Anyway it's disappointing they dont listen to authorities about air quality and health concerns
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I wonder if the organisers will postpone today's matches
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sounds like they have. No play before Noon but they also delayed the start of the quallies yesterday. They still went out when they shouldn't.
Oh boy, that is a worry.
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Australian Open organisers have a lot to answer. Tennis world is not happy with their decision.
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Not a great call but not sure what they can do if today is smoked out as well. I was shocked they didn’t use an indoor court though
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I really don't understand why they are not using the indoor courts.
They wouldn't let Federer or another top player play outside
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That’s probably the weirdest call not that there was only but there’s 8 inside courts- use them!
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Fans aren't happy with the organisers.
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Pretty sure that’s the number
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Isn't it 3.
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Happy to be corrected. Either way, use them.
There are 5 practice indoor courts, plus RLA, MCA and Melbourne Arena.
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There we go thought it was 8 all up
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