{"id":23742,"date":"2021-01-17T20:45:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T21:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=23742"},"modified":"2021-01-18T01:19:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T01:19:46","slug":"stars-apology-after-insane-quarantine-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=23742","title":{"rendered":"Star's apology after 'insane' quarantine comment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women's world No.53 Alize Cornet has apologised for lashing out against Australia's quarantine rules after Australian Open players were plunged into hard lockdown.<\/p>\n

Cornet, who was not on any of the three flights affected by positive tests for COVID-19, criticised the call to put players in hard quarantine for 14 days; denying them the bubble conditions afforded to unaffected players, who can practice, train and eat outside of their hotel rooms for five hours per day.<\/p>\n

"Soon, half of the players from the AO will actually have to isolate. Weeks and weeks of practice and hard work going to waste for one person positive to COVID in a 3\/4 empty plane. Sorry but this is insane," Cornet wrote<\/a> – only to delete the Twitter comment due to heated backlash.<\/p>\n

Cornet apologised on Monday, admitting that her comments were "tactless" given Melbourne's past tribulations with hard lockdowns.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/alizecornet\/status\/1350827468215648263?s=20<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/alizecornet\/status\/1350827867177889792?s=20<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

Another vocal critic<\/a> of hard lockdown – world No.28 Yulia Putinseva, who is confined to her hotel room – got creative after coming to terms with her situation.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/PutintsevaYulia\/status\/1350681998755389441?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n

Putinseva said that she was unsure if she would be able to play a lead-in WTA 500 event before the Australian Open, due to concerns about inadequate preparation.<\/p>\n

"I really don't know, because if I got out of these conditions and have to jump on the court and play a match straight, it's really, really bad for my health. So I doubt I'm going to play this event," she said.<\/p>\n

Men's player Pablo Cuevas, who has also been hitting balls in his room<\/a>, upped his hard lockdown game further by going surfing on his bed.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/_irenka23_\/status\/1350655588166991874?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n

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