Australian Open players have been told not to feed mice at their quarantine hotel in Melbourne after world No. 28 Yulia Putintseva complained she could not sleep for the rodents scurrying around her room.

The Kazak swapped rooms earlier this week after finding a mouse but said her new room was also infested. She shared a video of a mouse jumping out from behind a closet on social media.

Victoria state police minister Lisa Neville said on Wednesday authorities would take care of pest control but suggested there might be more to the story.

“As I understand there may have been some feeding going on,” she said.“I’d just encourage them to minimise interaction with the mice. We will keep doing pest control.”

Putintseva said her new room had more mice than the old one. “It’s actually a lot of them! ” she wrote on Twitter. “Different room same story - wanted to go to sleep but noooope.”

Novak hits back

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic on Wednesday hit back at criticism of his letter to Australian Open chief Craig Tiley in which he suggested easing of quarantine restrictions, saying his good intentions were “misconstrued”.

“My good intentions for my fellow competitors in Melbourne have been misconstrued as being selfish, difficult and ungrateful,” the Serbian said.