Australian Open chaos takes fresh twist after Putintseva claims her hotel room is infested with mice

Matters took a surreal turn on Wednesday amid the mass quarantining of players in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open.

To add to the competitors’ general unease, mice were spotted in hotel rooms.

State police minister Lisa Neville issued advice about the rodents after Kazakh player Yulia Putintseva posted a series of videos of her visitors. 

Yulia Putintseva expressed frustration about being unable to open a window in her room

Suggesting that players ‘minimise interaction’ with the mice, Neville added: ‘There may have been some feeding going on. 

‘We will keep doing pest control if we need to, but hopefully the pest control work that was done will have fixed the problem.’

Putintseva said she had lost sleep because of the rodents scurrying around, and also expressed frustration about being unable to open a window in her room. 

‘We need fresh air to breathe,’ she said.

Putintseva said she had lost sleep because of the rodents scurrying around her hotel room