Australian Open officials reject Novak Djokovic’s demands

Victoria Premier Daniel Andrew has rejected Novak Djokovic's requests to loosen the restrictions for players stuck in rigid Melbourne quarantine ahead of the season's first Major.

The Australian Open organizers and the Victoria government have been dealing with numerous issues over the last couple of days after a couple of flights with passengers positive on the coronavirus. As a result, 72 players can't leave the room or train in the next two weeks, which they didn't like at all.

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Novak Djokovic wrote a letter from Adelaide, asking for better facilities in the players' rooms and urging the organizers to find the solution and allow them to practice. Instead of that, everything will remain as it is, as the government has no intention to change anything and put their hard work into danger.

"People are free to provide a list of demands, but the answer is no. That was clearly laid out beforehand. So, the idea that there's been any change and that people weren't briefed, I think that argument has no integrity whatsoever. I know that there's been a bit of chatter from many players about the rules. Well, the restrictions apply to them as they apply to everybody else, and they were all briefed on that before they came.

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That was the condition on which they came. There's no special treatment here, and people were told what the rules were. The tennis arrangements are based on public health advice. The advice was, 'it's not easy, it has to be done properly.' Despite commentary from players about what they'd like to do, it's about what needs to be done," Premier of Victoria Dan Andrews said.