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Tennis | Australian Open 2021 | Brits in quarantine and training with one week down & Andy Murray update

Ros Satar
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  • Brits have been training in Melbourne ahead of the up coming swing of Australian tournaments
  • Heather Watson might be in lockdown but she is challenging for the tik tok quarantine video stakes!
  • Is Andy Murray still on the cards to make it Down Under?
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – One week of quarantine down, how are the Brits in Melbourne doing, and will Andy Murray be able to join them?

 

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Jamie Murray, Katie Boulter and Johanna Konta have been out on the courts

One week into quarantine and after a week of drama, the top Brits have been out on the courts. Johanna Konta started her video logs with workouts with resistance bands before waiting for ‘the knock’ – the new pastime for these players still allowed to train.

 

 

Katie Boulter decided to give her coach next door a bit of a headache before also heading out on the court – but shared with BBC Sounds about the need to keep perspective

 

Jamie Murray has been one of the players out and able to practice.

 
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Will Andy Murray be able to compete?

Judy Murray spoke to BBC Breakast about Andy Murray’s progress after testing positive for COVID-19 shortly before planning to fly out to Australia, and also a little about what it is like for players who do have a chance to practice, and those who don’t.

 

Heather Watson makes the most of hard lockdown

Heather Watson was one of the less fortunate players who was on a flight where a positive test was recorded. Hard quarantine has seen her video a number of workouts!

But the best of all had to be the quarantine triathlon!

The Australian Open is set to take place between 8-21 February with warm up tournaments starting on 31 January.

 

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Ros Satar
Ros is a keen sports follower – having been a 400m hurdler in her time, she now contents herself with (far too) occasional trips to the gym and pool, and terrorising golf balls with big heavy bats! Sometimes known to hurtle uncontrollably down ski slopes, and even possesses a tennis racquet! Formerly an IT Architect for a large multinational corporation, she now works for herself as full-time Writer and some-time IT Analyst, she can be contacted via her public Linked In profile. Ros enjoys combining the wealth of skills she has developed during her career with any opportunities for freelance blogging & journalism, especially in (but not exclusive to) the world of sport, and completed a Diploma in Multimedia Journalism, in July 2012. She holds a UK National Press Card and has recently become a member of the Sports Journalists Association of Great Britain and the International Sports Press Association. She has written for the Huffington Post UK, Newsquest (Surrey), Sportsister.com and writes as a freelance contributor for 10sBalls.com, Tennis View Magazine and Tennis Panorama News. She does this stuff – A LOT!

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