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Djokovic has won a record seven Australian Open men’s championships at Melbourne Park among his 16 Grand Slam singles titles and will be among the favourites again when the tournament is scheduled to start on Monday, Jan. 20.
Djokovic said it was reasonable to consider delaying the start of the tournament because of the extreme conditions “but I think that's probably the very, very last option for anything. ”I think they will, if it continues same way and if the quality of air is affected in Melbourne or Sydney, I think Tennis Australia probably will be forced to create some rules about it," he said. ”It's tough for them because scheduling ... has to be respected in terms of play and the Australian Open starts at a certain time, so there's a lot of different things involved. But health concern is a health concern for me and for anybody.
“Obviously first and foremost it's been so sad to see everything that's been going on ... just being here you realize just the extent of what's going on,” he said. “Obviously, sort of distant second is us and ... our air quality and being able to perform.
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