From the end of an article by Stu Fraser in The Sunday Times:
Elsewhere in Australia, the bushfire crisis has had an impact on the schedule of Liam Broady. The British No 6, ranked 240 in the world, arrived in Canberra for a second-tier Challenger event this week, but it has now been moved 400 miles away to Bendigo because of the hazardous air quality.
"It's been pretty chaotic," Broady, 26, said. "Outside it absolutely reeked of smoke. The second you step off the plane it's all you can smell. It makes you feel a bit ill after a while. The players are glad to be out of here.
"I can't even imagine what a lot of Aussies are going through. It has cost me a lot of money [£600], but I'm very aware it's cost lives and many people's homes are gone. Some insurance companies won't pay up, so there will be lives ruined. It puts the money lost on the trip to Canberra in perspective."
Does anybody else feel like the system is flawed when you cant play a warm up tournament before grand slam qualifying? This is the case for Wimbledon and now Aus Open. Surely has to change to enable all players a fair build up?
John Millman
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Four player qualifying draws were a great idea....
