News24.com | Concern as Tennys Sandgren boards Australian Open flight despite 'positive' test

Thursday, 14 January 2021 (1 week ago)
Tennis chiefs insisted America's Tennys Sandgren was not a coronavirus risk after he sparked a flurry of concern by tweeting he'd boarded a flight for the Australian Open in Melbourne despite testing positive.

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