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2021 Aussie Open Unlike Any Other The first of the four Grand Slam events will take place on February 7th through the 21st and more than a quarter of the players have been confined to their respective hotel rooms due to coronavirus cases that were detected on three of the 17 charter flights. More than a thousand people were being lifted into several of the major metropolitan Australian airports when it occurred. In order to allow the competitors to better prepare, several changes have been made to the lead-in events, “This has been a particularly challenging time for the athletes in hard lockdown and we, along with the WTA and ATP, aim to do everything we can to help," Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said. "These changes to the lead-in events have been made to give t...