Women's matches shortened in Australian Open tuneups

[ASFN Admin]

Women will play shorter matches at the Australian Open tuneups from Friday due to a logjam in fixtures after Thursday's play was cancelled on news a quarantine hotel worker was infected with the coronavirus. Thursday's matches at the six events ahead of the Feb. 8-21 Grand Slam were cancelled after a worker at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, which was used to quarantine players and their entourages, tested positive for the virus. That left organisers Tennis Australia (TA) with just three days to complete the matches before the year's first major starts at the same venue from Monday.

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