Category Archives: Australian Open 2021

Australian Open 2021 day nine: Hsieh Su-wei v Naomi Osaka – live!

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First set: Hsieh Su-wei 1-2 Naomi Osaka* (denotes server) Osaka holds again without too much ado, to love, and we’re still on serve early on this opening set. Remember, Osaka has the edge on head-to-heads: the Japanese leads 4-1 in the pair’s previous five meetings. But, the results mask how close those matches were.

First set: Hsieh Su-wei* 1-1 Naomi Osaka (denotes server) Hsieh, who has never before been this deep at a grand slam, is known for her unpredictability and she throws up a bit of funky stuff on her first service game today. All good for the Tawainese so far.

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Snap five-day Covid lockdown for Victoria announced in bid to contain UK variant

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Daniel Andrews says stage four lockdown is to prevent a third wave in response to ‘hyper-infectivity’ of variant

Victoria will enter a “circuit-breaker” five-day lockdown from Saturday in an attempt to “prevent a third wave”, Daniel Andrews has announced.

The premier said on Friday afternoon the government would impose a snap lockdown from midnight because the “hyper-infectivity” and speed of a UK variant outbreak had created a “very real challenge”.

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Capital cities on alert over positive cases as tennis begins – as it happened

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Melbourne quarantine hotel worker tests positive to virus; NSW issues alert over returned traveller case. This blog is now closed.

That’s where we will leave the live blog for Monday. Here’s what you might have missed today:

AAP has the latest on Covid restrictions in Western Australia:

Face masks are mandatory for teachers and secondary students, a precaution that’s part of transition arrangements for Perth and Peel, after the five-day lockdown sparked by a hotel quarantine security guard’s infection.

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Australia news live: Victoria reports no new Covid cases as national cabinet to consider raising international flight caps

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Quarantine worker who yesterday tested positive confirmed to have UK variant; federal government in talks on regional quarantine facility

Melbourne is forecast for an afternoon downpour today and parents are being urged to be careful while picking up kids from school.

Melbourne is tipped to receive between 15 and 35mm of rain this afternoon, AAP report.

Here’s the full story on the Burgess verdict.

Related: Sam Burgess, former NRL and England rugby player, found guilty of intimidation

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