The sight of some of the world's biggest tennis stars touching down for the upcoming Australian Open tournament has frustrated many Australians unable to return home due to the pandemic.

Australia currently has a weekly cap on the number of international arrivals, with people having to undergo quarantine in a designated facility.

There are roughly 37,000 Australians waiting to return, ABC News reports.

A number of airlines have suspended routes making it harder to travel back.

On Friday, Emirates airline announced it would be stopping its flights to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

Meanwhile, organisers of the Australian Open have been putting on chartered flights for the players and other members of staff.

Players had to test negative before boarding flights and were then placed in designated Australian Open quarantine hotels in Melbourne and Adelaide.

Former tennis world number one Andy Murray has been unable to fly out to Australia after the Briton tested positive for coronavirus.

However one player, Tennys Sandgren, who tested positive, was cleared to fly by organisers after his medical file was reviewed. pg slot

Sandgren posted on social media that he had been ill in November but was "totally healthy now".