Two more Australian Open players have tested positive for COVID-19, government officials said on Wednesday, as authorities were at cross-purposes over who would pay for the tournament's quarantine bill.

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World number one Novak Djokovic on Wednesday hit back at criticism of his letter to Australian Open chief Craig Tiley in which he suggested easing of quarantine restrictions, saying his good intentions were "misconstrued". As many as 72 players are confined to their hotel rooms for 14 days and unable to train for the Feb. 8-21 Australian Open after passengers on three charter flights carrying them to Melbourne tested positive 

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(Reuters) -     The men's ATP Tour on Wednesday added two new ATP 250 events in Singapore and Spain to the 2021 calendar to increase playing opportunities that have been curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read full story

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After a somewhat eventful 2020, Alexander Zverev wants to seek serenity by surrounding himself with those who know him best, namely his family.

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Italian tennis star Matteo Berrettini acknowledged that players have a different approach to you once you become a star and a seeded player in the draws. Berrettini, the top-ranked Italian tennis player, won his maiden ATP title on the clay courts of Gstaad in 2018, before he won titles Budapest and Stuttgart a year later.

Matteo Berrettini: Players look at you differently once you become star

Curious news from Thiland. Visitors can spend their quarantine playing golf. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) decided it.
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Six resorts (Mida Golf Club, Evergreen Hills Golf Club, Blue Star Golf Course, Artitaya Golf & Resort, Sawang Resort and Golf Club e Artitaya Chiang Mai Golf & Resort) have been approved by the government.

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Alexander Zverev's 2020 was anything but a walk. Excluding the limitations due to the Coronavirus with regard to the tennis part, the German tennis player lived on a roller coaster: the unexpected fatherhood unveiled by a former, lawsuits, Philipp Plein's party without distancing, the accusations of domestic violence from an old woman flame and also the first Grand Slam final (lost).

'Roger Federer was looking ahead', says his coach

The Abu Dhabi Executive Council has approved a framework between Abu Dhabi Government and Aldar Properties for the development of capital projects in the emirate. The decision follows the recommendation of the Abu Dhabi Executive Committee to establish a public-private partnership framework for the development of capital projects in the emirate and the subsequent Memorandum of Understanding signed between ADQ and Aldar Properties.The framework i…

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