Tennis has started.

There were fans that matches very tight social distancing.

There are also questions about why this tournament is happening.

We can't afford to roll the dice, said the leader of the opposition in Victoria.

On, there remain questions about how tennis has navigated the pandemic as a whole.

The men's world number one, Novak Djokovic, has been a central character in all of that in April, he said during a live chat on Facebook.

Personally, I'm opposed to vaccination and I wouldn't want to be forced by someone to take a vaccine.

Then in June, despite warnings, Djokovic hosted the Adri A tour events in Serbia and Croatia.

This also featured fans and matches.

But instead of social distancing, there was basketball and clubbing.

And sure enough, Djokovic, his wife and several of the pair's got covert 19.

Then, having had a few weeks to reflect, Jackovich announced.

If I had the chance to do the Atria tour again, I would do it again.

I don't think I've done anything bad to be honest.

Jackovich also sought to clarify his position on vaccine, saying he wasn't anti vaccination, but that to be honest, just like the rest of the world.

I'm a bit confused, he went on.

Despite having access to information and resources, I'm left in doubt about what could be the best thing to do.

Well, Jackovich, maybe a bit confused on vaccines Scientists, though, don't seem to be vaccines will be critical in the battle against covet.

19.

Well, as the season went on, Wimbledon was canceled, but the U.

S Open went ahead, albeit with some key players missing.

The French Open also went ahead on into the autumn.

The controversies continued.

In October, US players Sam Query took a private jet from Russia to London after he, his wife and his child tested positive.

Since then, he's highlighted that he was worried they'd have to quarantine in hospital on that the plane to London cost him $40,000.

And he's added, I had my wife there and I had my baby there on as a human decision, I had to do what I feel is right.

He had the broken coronavirus rules in the U.

K and Russia, and then came the build up to the Australian Open.

Australia's made a success of restraining covered 19 using a strict 14 day quarantine rule for new arrivals with strict confinement to hotel rooms if there's any contact with a co vid case.

Improbably, that came as a surprise.

To some, the Kazakh player Yulia Putin saver tweeted.

What I don't understand is why no one ever told us if one person on board is positive, the whole plane needs to be isolated, I would think twice before coming here.

The state government was perplexed.

The notion that there's been any change, the notion that people weren't briefed I think that argument really has now integrity whatsoever.

Some players were able to train up to five hours a day, but those that came in on flights with positive cases on board could not leave their room at all.

Some started posting videos as they trained in their rooms.

Men's number 13 Bautista Agu told us.

It's like being in a jail, but with WiFi, which begs the question if he's ever bean in one.

Next there is the Australian player, but Atomics girlfriend only fans model Vanessa Sierra.

In a YouTube video, she said.

I don't wash my own hair.

I've never wash my own hair.

It's just not something I do.

I cannot wait to get out of quarantine just to get my hair done.

Another player complained about mice in a hotel room, only to be accused by the police of feeding them.

And then Novak Djokovic entered the fray again.

He sent a long list of ideas to the authorities.

He wanted a reduction of the isolation period, the relocation of players to private houses with access to a tennis court on the delivery of decent food that didn't go down well, The answer is no, because of Boris doesn't doesn't treat you especially so.

Neither do we.

Well, that was the official response.

The Australian player Nick Kypreos went for a different choice of words, tweeting.

Jackovich is a tool now.

While the reaction to Djokovic's ideas, What a great surprise to many evidently they were to the man himself.

He put out a statement saying he'd had good intentions, but they've been misconstrued a selfish, difficult and ungrateful.

Some suggested that hadn't bean any misconstruing on.

While all of this played out, the tournament loomed with risk attach.

Do you remember this from last week, a worker at the tournament tested positive on more than 500 players and staff had to go into isolation.

Away fortunately, have tested negative, but it highlighted the chance Australia is taking with its success during this pandemic on toe.

Understand why it's taking that risk?

This statistic is helpful.

In 2020 the Australian Open injected $387 million.300 million U.

S.

Dollars into the economy.

The state premier argues If the Australian Open does not happen in Melbourne, it'll happen somewhere else.

It will happen in Japan.

It will happen in China.

It will happen in Singapore.

The rial risk then is it doesn't come back now.

Whether that's really a possibility, it's hard to say.

Melbourne evidently didn't want to find out.

But it's not just about the money.

We're told it's about the pandemic to We'll be able to send a signal to the rest of the world that in the middle of this pandemic we could pull off an event with crowds, be safe and have the world's best tennis players here for two weeks and going back to the rest of the world and saying we should do it like Australia does it on DSO.

While some parts of the world continue to live with lock down.

Some fans are getting to go to the tennis.

Melvin's a huge sporting capital of the world and people love this sport here and it makes them happy, so great to have sport back in Melbourne and tennis.

It's just fantastic on the big price in this Australian Open, maybe less about who wins the singles titles are much more about whether Melbourne could get to the end of the tournament without the virus intervening.