Andy Murray reveals Covid scare ahead of Australian Open – ‘I was really sick’ | Tennis | Sport

Murray, whose Australian Open was cancelled last year after he tested positive for Covid believing he caught it at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, said he wasn’t worried about the same thing happening this year with the difference in isolation rules.

“But, yeah, fortunately — well, I don’t know. Yeah, it wasn’t COVID, but yeah, this year was also a little bit different, as well, because if you had got it after Abu Dhabi, you know you would have done your seven days and then been able to travel,” he said.

Opening up on his fear of testing positive after arriving in Australia, where there is no quarantine for players this year as they must be fully vaccinated, the Brit added: “So this sort of was more nerves like arriving here with the flight and, you know, testing on day 5 and was worried about that.

“Like the first few days I arrived, I was, like, yeah, I was just like eating on my own, just eating in the room, just trying to stay away from people as much as possible.”

“So, yeah, I was probably more nervous once I got herethan I was, because I knew that if I did catch it, at least I’d still be able to compete.”