Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal among superstars in Adelaide for tournament | 7NEWS

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The world’s biggest names in tennis including Novak Djokovic, sisters Serena and Venus Williams and Rafael Nadal have touched down in Adelaide on two direct chartered flights, whisked away to 14 days of mandatory quarantine in a luxury North Adelaide hotel. The top seed tennis stars and their support teams are in South Australia for the one-day A Day on the Drive tournament on January 29 at Memorial Drive. Special exemptions will allow the players to leave quarantine to train ahead of the tournament before flying to Melbourne for the Australian Open.

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