Australian Open: Serena Williams heads to zoo, Novak Djokovic barefoot as hotel quarantine ends

A relieved Serena Williams took her daughter to the zoo on Friday and Novak Djokovic was happy to simply walk barefoot in a park as the stars of tennis emerged from a fortnight of quarantine. More than 1,000 players, coaches and officials jetted into largely virus-free Australia this month for 14 days' lockdown ahead of the opening Grand Slam of the year, with most allowed out for just five hours of daily supervised training. Big guns Williams, Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka were among a select group that served their time in Adelaide rather than Melbourne ahead of an exhibition in the southern city on Friday. Williams, who is gunning for one more Slam title to equal Margaret Court's record of 24 at next month's Australian Open, spent her two weeks holed up with three-year-old daughter Olympia. "I'm so glad the quarantine is over because to be in a room with a three-year-old and being her best friend is definitely difficult, especially after training and working out and then it's like, oh my gosh, it never ends," said Williams. "But it was fun... honestly I wouldn't trade anything for spending hours with her."

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