Andy Murray provides a model to follow for lots of aspects of life: how to fight to reach your goals, how to treat others, and how to handle bad news.

In 2018, Murray underwent hip surgery and had to miss the spring hardcourt events. So he coped using his trademark humor, building a tennis-playing snowman, featuring a racquet, a hat, wristbands and all:

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This week, dealing with a positive COVID-19 test and no "workable" way to get to Australia and quarantine ahead of the tournament, he's been "Frozen out of the Aussie open". He responded to the news by building another snowman, this one, appropriately, sporting a mask:

Also out after testing positive are Madison Keys, Joao Sousa and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.