Thiem, Serena, Osaka and more chat ahead of Aussie Open

Feb 05, 2021
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Thiem, Serena, Osaka and more chat ahead of Aussie Open

Published Feb 05, 2021

In the days leading up to the Australian Open, Todd Woodbridge and Bethanie Mattek-Sands teamed up to co-host a new series appropriately dubbed the AO Countdown.

Players were still in the two-week quarantine during the filming of the three episodes, but you can get a sense of where some of the biggest names are at mentally going into the first Grand Slam of 2021.

Episode 1 featured Ashleigh Barty, Dominic Thiem and Stefanos Tsitsipas:

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Episode 2  starred Simona Halep, Victoria Azarenka and Sofia Kenin:

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And Episode 3 closed things out with Serena Williams, Danielle Collins, Alexander Zverev, Jamie Murray and Naomi Osaka.

Six tournaments are going on this week in Melbourne, but a delay has halted play for one day after a Hyatt hotel worker tested positive for COVID-19. The Aussie Open begins on Monday.