Top seed Novak Djokovic blamed the mandatory 14-day quarantine for injuries at the Australian Open on Tuesday and demanded a better solution for the tennis season, suggesting NBA-style “bubbles.”
The eight-time winner is one of several players battling injury at the year’s first Grand Slam, where more than 1,000 competitors and officials had to quarantine on arrival in Australia.
Djokovic is carrying an abdominal problem as is Italy’s Matteo Berrettini, who was unable to play his fourth-round match on Monday.
Grigor Dimitrov suffered back spasms during his quarterfinal defeat by Aslan Karatsev, and 20-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal also has a back problem.
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