In Pics: Tennis stars end COVID-19 quarantine, hit Adelaide courts
World number one Novak Djokovic pulled out of an Adelaide exhibition because of a blistered hand on Friday before appearing on court to play a set after all, helping his compatriot Filip Krajinovic beat Jannik Sinner. Djokovic was scheduled to kick off the 'Day at the Drive' event in front of a crowd of 4,000 at Adelaide’s Memorial Drive Tennis Club but pulled out minutes before he was due on court and was replaced by Krajinovic. Here's a collection of pics from the first exhibition tennis event from down under...
World number one Novak Djokovic pulled out of an Adelaide exhibition because of a blistered hand on Friday before appearing on court to play a set after all, helping his compatriot Filip Krajinovic beat Jannik Sinner. Djokovic was scheduled to kick off the 'Day at the Drive' event in front of a crowd of 4,000 at Adelaide’s Memorial Drive Tennis Club but pulled out minutes before he was due on court and was replaced by Krajinovic. Here's a collection of pics from the first exhibition tennis event from down under...
Basking in the sun
![Basking in the sun Top tennis stars like Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal, Dominic Thiem, Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep pose in Adelaide. (Photo: Reuters)](https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2021/01/29/913479-tennis-stars-adelaide.jpg)
Top tennis stars like Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal, Dominic Thiem, Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep pose in Adelaide. The Adelaide tournament is the only Australian Open tune-up tournament that isn't being played in Melbourne. The others, including the ATP Cup and three WTA events, will starting getting underway from Sunday. (Photo: Reuters)
Serena Williams
![Serena Williams Former World No. 1 Serena Williams in action against Naomi Osaka. (Source: Twitter)](https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2021/01/29/913478-serena-adelaide.jpg)
Rafa Nadal
![Rafa Nadal Former Australian Open champion Rafa Nadal returns to Dominic Thiem in their exhibition match. (Source: Twitter)](https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2021/01/29/913477-rafa-nadal-adelaide.jpg)
Novak Djokovic
![Novak Djokovic World No. 1 Novak Djokovic who initially pulled out of the event came on court to play one set in Adelaide. (Source: Twitter)](https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2021/01/29/913476-djokovic-adelaide.jpg)