FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Tennis players undergo quarantine ahead of Australian Open - Adelaide, Australia - January 23, 2021 Rafael Nadal is seen waving from his balcony at the M Suites accommodation in North Adelaide, where tennis players are undergoing mandatory quarantine ahead of the Australian Open. REUTERS/Morgan Sette
(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal feels tennis players are privileged to be able to compete at the Australian Open during the COVID-19 pandemic and urged fellow participants to have a wider perspective of the strict health measures in the country.
About 1,200 participants were allowed to fly to Australia for the summer of tennis as thousands of its citizens are unable to return home due to travel restrictions.
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