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Jones suffers from ectrodactyly ectodermal dysplasia syndrome, a condition which meant she was born with three fingers and a thumb on each hand, three toes on her right foot and four toes on her left.
Ankita's defeat means that Sumit Nagal will be the only Indian to compete in the singles event of the first Grand Slam of the season.
The world No. 2 believes the experience of playing at bio-secure tournaments last year will help her get through the 14-day quarantine.
The 24-year-old Queenslander has not played a match since February, opting not to defend her French Open title and also skipping the US Open in New York as the novel coronavirus wreaked havoc on global sport.
The organisers have been forced to tear up a quarantine accommodation plan for international players a month before the Grand Slam following a threat of legal action from apartment owners at a luxury hotel in Melbourne.
The apartment owners at the Westin Melbourne said they had concerns for their health and never agreed to international players quarantining at the Westin, accusing the hotel's management of "ambushing" them with the plan.
The Swiss maestro's agent Tony Godsick said he was not quite ready to return.
World No. 1s Ash Barty and eight-time champion Novak Djokovic will lead the fields at the Grand Slam slated to be held from February 8-21.
Sindhu was the last to fall, following the ouster of sixth seeded compatriots Sameer Verma, B Sai Praneeth and the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.
The 23-time Grand Slam winner won on her last appearance at the Australian Open in 2017 while pregnant.
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