Novak Djokovic and his defending champion Serbia squad will play Germany and Canada in group play at the ATP Cup from Feb. 1-5 at Melbourne Park.

Paula Badosa, a 23-year-old who reached the fourth round at last year's French Open, wrote Thursday on Twitter that she received her test result for the illness caused by the coronavirus on the seventh day of her hard quarantine.

With the Australian Open scheduled to begin on Sunday, February 7th, players are finding interesting ways to pass the time during their strict 14-day quarantine inside their hotel rooms.

All players arriving to the country must quarantine before the Australian Open and that has led to a 'first world problems' as players do their best to prepare and keep themselves busy.

A number of players and coaches are now being forced to quarantine for 14 days after arriving on the same flight as Sylvain Bruneau who tested positive upon his arrival. Mark Masters joins SportsCentre to discuss how a two-week quarantine can impact a players preparations for the first major of the year.

A further 25 tennis players were forced into quarantine in Australia ahead of the season's first tennis major after another positive coronavirus test on a charter flight, taking the total number of competitors isolating in hotel rooms to 72 on Sunday.

Canadian tennis player Vasek Pospisil announced on Twitter late Saturday night that he will be forced to isolate in his hotel room for two weeks ahead of the Australian Open.

Sylvain Bruneau, the coach of Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu, said Saturday that he tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open.

Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka was among the earliest arrivals into Melbourne on one of the 15 charter flights bringing players and officials into the city for the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year.

Canada's Rebecca Marino has qualified for the Australian Open, securing her first berth in a Grand Slam since 2013. The 30-year-old from Vancouver defeated Maryna Zanevska of Belgium 6-4, 7-6 (9) in the third and final round of qualifying on Wednesday.

Hubert Hurkacz won his second career ATP Tour title Wednesday by beating American Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-3 in the Delray Beach Open.

After a long wait, Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu is finally set to make her return to competitive play. The 2019 U.S. Open champion will return to the court at the upcoming Melbourne Summer Series.

No. 4-seeded Hubert Hurkacz advanced to his second career ATP Tour final by beating American qualifier Christian Harrison 7-6 (4), 6-4 Tuesday at the Delray Beach Open.

Vancouver's Rebecca Marino is one win away from securing a spot in the main draw of the Australian Open. Marino beat No. 24 qualifying seed Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria 6-2, 7-6 (7) in the second round of women's qualifying for the Grand Slam on Tuesday.

Two players have been withdrawn from Australian Open qualifying tournament in Doha, Qatar and put into hotel quarantine after returning positive tests for COVID-19.

Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin and second-seeded Elina Svitolina were eliminated from the season-opening Abu Dhabi Open on Monday.

Canada's Steven Diez advanced to the second round of the Australian Open men's qualifying draw with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win over Russia's Alexey Vatutin on Sunday.