It remains to be seen if Tennis Australia's logistical balancing act to host the Australian Open will be worth it, but here we are. Amidst the tightest safety protocols yet, a nation grudgingly welcomes hundreds of tennis personnel into its borders, who promptly kvetch about the (free) food, the (free) accommodations, and the quarantine rules. Not all has changed, though: top players get special treatment and American men continue to embarrass us at home and across the globe. Buckle up: pandemic tennis enters year two, with (some) lessons learned.
 
4:00 Tennis Australia launches vast logistical plan in action - Tennys Sandgren tries to undermine it in about five minutes
11:15 Players begin to arrive in Melbourne on chartered flights, two flights must isolate for 14 days, complaints ensue
25:35 Here is a picture of my terrible food, in my free hotel, during my free trip, during a pandemic, in which I will earn a minimum of $100,000 even if I lose
29:05 The actual legitimate complaint: the potential inequity between the elite players in Adelaide and the rest in Melbourne
34:50 Notable qualifiers
42:35 Tennis results already: Sabalenka is on 15-match win streak; Hurkacz wins Delray Beach but is overshadowed by anti-mask grandstanding
53:30 Dayana Yastremska provisionally banned for an anabolic steroid. Ma'am, give us a week off from the drama?
61:20 Sam Querrey has resurfaced!
67:15 Another person who craves attention - Ion Tiriac (and tennis' continued failure to stand up to misogyny and racism)