The 2022 Australian Open, the more optimistic among of us would have hoped, was supposed to be the beginning of the end of the nightmare. Sign up to The Score and get in-depth analysis on all 20 Premier League clubs, every Monday morning Email address is invalid Thank you for subscribing! The 2022 Open does promise to be different. The state of Victoria’s vaccination rate has gone past 80 per cent and many restrictions have been lifted, although testing and masks still remain relatively commonplace. There will be some changes on-court though that players cannot attribute to the pandemic.

Source: The Times January 10, 2022 17:00 UTC