Australian Open: end of lockdown in Melbourne, fans return to the venue from 18/02/2021

"We look forward to welcoming fans back to the Australian Open for the next four days. The crowd will be capped at 7,477 for each session, which is approximately 50% capacity," Grand Slam tournament director Craig Tiley said on 17/02/2021.

Lockdown in the state of Victoria will be lifted at midnight on 17/02/2021. Spectators will therefore return to the stands at the Melbourne Park venue in Melbourne (AUS) from the semi-finals on 18/02/2021. The tournament took place behind closed doors, for five days, from Saturday 13/02/2021. The government of the local State of Victoria has in fact announced a five-day lockdown from 11:59 p.m. on Friday, 12/02/2021. In question, cases of Covid-19 detected in a hotel at Melbourne airport.

The Australian Open, played from 08 to 21/02/2021 at the Melbourne Park site in Melbourne, has hosted up to 30,000 spectators per day, a number which must be reduced to 25,000 in the last five days of the tournament. Originaly scheduled from 18 to 31/01/2021, the first Grand Slam tournament of the season was postponed on 16/12/2020.

"Over the 14 days we will have…