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Unknown tennis players are escorted to their training session in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021.The number of players in hard quarantine swelled to 72 ahead of the Australian Open after a fifth positive coronavirus test was returned from the charter flights bringing players, coaches, officials and media to Melbourne for the season-opening tennis major. (Luis Ascui/AAP Image via AP)

3 more COVID-19 cases linked to Australian Open arrivals

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

In this March 21, 2019 file photo, Bianca Andreescu, of Canada, left, talks with her coach Sylvain Bruneau during her match against Irina Camelia Begu, of Romania, at the Miami Open tennis tournament in Miami Gardens, Fla. Bruneau has released a statement, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, saying he was the positive coronavirus case aboard the flight from Abu Dhabi to Melbourne and he had followed all protocols and procedures, including producing a negative test within 72 hours before the flight departure and has &quot;no idea how I might have contracted the virus.&quot; (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) **FILE**

72 tennis players in lockdown after virus cases on flights

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

In this March 21, 2019 file photo, Bianca Andreescu, of Canada, left, talks with her coach Sylvain Bruneau during her match against Irina Camelia Begu, of Romania, at the Miami Open tennis tournament in Miami Gardens, Fla. Bruneau has released a statement, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, saying he was the positive coronavirus case aboard the flight from Abu Dhabi to Melbourne and he had followed all protocols and procedures, including producing a negative test within 72 hours before the flight departure and has &quot;no idea how I might have contracted the virus.&quot; (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) **FILE**

Coronavirus cases on flights to Australia force players into quarantine

By John Pye - Associated Press

Spain's Rafael Nadal, center, arrives at Adelaide Airport ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship, Adelaide, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Arriving players will serve a 14-day quarantine period ahead of the first Grand slam tennis tournament that is set to get underway on February 8 in Melbourne. (Morgan Sette/AAP Image via AP)

Australian Open arrivals hit by 4 COVID-19 positive tests

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 file photo Andy Murray, of Britain, hits a forehand against Richard Gasquet, of France, during first-round play at the Western &amp; Southern Open tennis tournament, in Mason, Ohio. Former world number one Murray's participation at the upcoming Australian Open is in doubt after the Briton tested positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Gary Landers, File)

Murray status for Australia in doubt after contracting virus

By KEN MAGUIRE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2020, file photo, Tennys Sandgren of the U.S. reacts after losing a point to Switzerland's Roger Federer during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. Sandgren has reportedly been allowed on an Australia-bound flight despite recently testing positive for coronavirus. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Players arrive for Australian Open; straight into quarantine

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2020, file photo, Tennys Sandgren of the U.S. reacts after losing a point to Switzerland's Roger Federer during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. Sandgren has reportedly been allowed on an Australia-bound flight despite recently testing positive for coronavirus. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Sandgren gets OK to fly to Australia despite COVID-19 result

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

Outdoor diners are seen dining outdoors in a laneway in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. In Melbourne, Australia's former coronavirus hot spot, restaurants, cafes and bars were allowed to open and outdoor contact sports can resume Wednesday, emerging from a lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

Australia’s second-largest city ends 111-day virus lockdown

By ASANKA BRENDON RATNAYAKE and ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Jordan Thompson, right, of Australia, plays against Borna Coric, of Croatia, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Plans for fans to return for iconic Melbourne sports events

Associated Press

A lone man looks out towards the Yarra River and the empty Central business district during lockdown in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Winter is ending in the Southern Hemisphere and country after country -- South Africa, Australia, Argentina -- had a surprise: Their steps against COVID-19 also apparently blocked the usual flu epidemic. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

An Aussie rules tradition ends: title match out of Victoria

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

Kooyong Classic in 2021 canceled due to COVID-19 concerns

Associated Press

Men work on removing a fallen tree, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, which struck and killed a 4-year-old boy in Melbourne, Australia. Three people were killed by falling trees and 50,000 homes were left without power after a wild storm Thursday. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)

Wild windstorm kills 3, taints water in Melbourne, Australia

Associated Press

Flinders Street Station is quiet during lockdown due to the continuing spread of the coronavirus in Melbourne, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Victoria state, Australia's coronavirus hot spot, announced on Monday that businesses will be closed and scaled down in a bid to curb the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Australia leader refuses to attack political foes over virus

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Pellegrinis Cafe and The Paperback book store are closed during lockdown due to the continuing spread of the coronavirus in Melbourne, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Victoria state, Australia's coronavirus hot spot, announced on Monday that businesses will be closed and scaled down in a bid to curb the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

New lockdown ratchets up economic pain in Australian city

By ANDY BROWNBILL and ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Defence Force staff (ADF) and Victorian police are seen on patrol as a lockdown of Melbourne forces people to stay at home if not working due to the continuing spread of COVID-19, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Victoria state, Australia's coronavirus hot spot, announced on Monday that businesses will be closed and scaled down in a bid to curb the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

City streets drain of life in Australia’s toughest lockdown

By ASANKA BRENDON RATNAYAKE and ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian state makes masks compulsory as COVID-19 spreads

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus walk outside Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, July 23, 2020. There were few bare faces among rush-hour commuters in Australia’s second-largest city on Thursday morning as Melbourne residents were largely complying with a new law making face coverings compulsory. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)

‘Just got to suck it up:’ Masks mandatory in Australian city

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

A police officer directs traffic at a roadblock in suburban Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Thousands of residents in dozens of suburbs of Melbourne, are preparing to lockdown for a month with the Victoria state premier warning a state-wide shutdown is possible if coronavirus cases continue to rise. (Daniel Pockett/AAP Image via AP)

Sunshine State beckons for Aussie sports amid coronavirus

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

A woman looks out a window from a locked-down public housing tower in Melbourne, Monday, July 6, 2020. As Australia is emerging from pandemic restrictions, the Victoria state capital Melbourne is buckling down with more extreme and divisive measures that are causing anger and igniting arguments over who is to blame as the disease spreads again at an alarming rate. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Australia’s 2nd largest city foils nation’s pandemic success

By ANDY BROWNBILL and ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Women hold signs outside housing commission apartments under lockdown in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday, July 6, 2020. The leader of Australia’s most populous state says her government’s decision to close its border with hard-hit Victoria state marks a new phase in the country’s coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Australia to shut state border as Melbourne infections surge

By Andy Brownbill and Rod McGuirk - Associated Press