Tournament Director says Australian Open "is happening"

Australian Open tournament director and Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley has said that tournament will go ahe and will take place. statement comes at back of growing concerns over increasingly poor air quality in Melbourne.

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AO will take place

Tiley said that re were a lot of rumors going around that tournament will t be taking place and starting time will be delayed because of smoke. He said that se rumors are false and issued a clarification. "re is a lot of speculation about Australian Open t happening, or starting later.  Australian Open is happening."

Speaking on air quality issues, he said, "Air quality is a very complex and confusing issue which relates to a number of different factors. re are a number of different air quality measures and it is me more complex by going on an app. re are different apps and websites which give you different reings. This is about trusting medical vice and trusting expertise and scientific vice of people who analyse this every day.  safety, wellbeing and health of players is priority for us, as with our staff and our fans."

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Australian Open begins on Monday, January 20 and will go on till February 2.

On Wednesday, Dalila Jakupovic to retire from Australian Open qualifiers on Tuesday after she collapsed following a coughing fit due to smoke caused by wildfires in country. She said that tournament should t have been conducted since it was a serious health concern for players and that it was unfair on m. "I think it was t fair because it's t healthy for us. I was surprised. I thought we would t be playing today but we really don't have much choice." 

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Melbourne has been witnessing extremely poor air quality because of wildfires that have started since September. wildfires have resulted in death of at least 28 people since September and has destroyed more than 2,600 homes and razed more than 10.3 million hectares (25.5 million acres), mostly in New South Wales state.

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