FILE PHOTO: Tennis - ATP Cup - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, February 4, 2021 General view of players during a practice session in Melbourne Park. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The sixth day of the Australian Open is usually one of the best attended of the Grand Slam fortnight but there was an eerie quiet around the Melbourne Park precinct as play got underway on Saturday.
A snap five-day lockdown to try to contain an outbreak of COVID-19 came into effect just before midnight on Friday, restricting Victoria's six million residents to their homes and shutting fans out of the tennis.
