Oh wow! His wiki page says he has reached a tour final every year since 2005 but he wasn’t on the list I saw today that had Djokovic in 2nd place at 16 years running and Fed I think was in 3rd place, he had ended his consecutive run of years at 15. Has Monfils won a title in 19 years but not consecutively?
Except the exemptions don’t say that you are exempt if you’ve had it twice. Or even if you’ve had it once. The exemptions say “recent acute major medical illness” including with c*vid can be a contraindication to vaccination. He’s never said he had acute symptoms (this is the argument the Australian government is running).
Unless he is deluded why would you want to put yourself in a situation where you are going to be the most unpopular person in the room?
He’s at the height of his career. He’s on the cusp of proving he’s the greatest player of all time on any objective measure. Why would he care what people think?
NYT article
Novak Djokovic Can Remain in Australia, Judge Rules (Published 2022)
Australian officials hinted they may make a new attempt to cancel Djokovic’s visa, even as the tennis champion, freed from detention, returned to the court.www.nytimes.com
LOL. Undone, as so often lately, by its own staggering incompetence.Ooh the government withdrew from the case mid way through the hearing
Just goes to show that if you are rich and famous, you can get away with anything.
Did he quarantine after he got the evidence? Did he start wearing mask when he was with people after that?
So if he is rich and famous, he should be treated differently from others who broke the same rules?Watching news clips from around the world and Australia in particular where Nole's PR is working! Tennis Australia is made to look foolish along with politicians more concerned with their own popularity in an election year! Just saw Justin Quill of Channel 9 say "Australia's being made to look like oppressers" the way they've treated Novak, the #1 player in the World! Now Zali Steggall is lambasting officials! I said this was going to be a mess and it has; really much bigger than I thought! Now Chris Smith is giving it a go agreeing it's been shameful; the politics and treatment where food with maggots being served at that dump hotel!
No. he got the result at 8pm on the 16th. He was at an awards ceremony that night and he didn’t wear a mask or leave. He then went to multiple events the following day involving kids, maskless, and went to a photo shoot on the 18th, massless. His wife’s social media also indicates they went to a museum on a family outing.
To put it bluntly, is he lying?No. he got the result at 8pm on the 16th. He was at an awards ceremony that night and he didn’t wear a mask or leave. He then went to multiple events the following day involving kids, maskless, and went to a photo shoot on the 18th, massless. His wife’s social media also indicates they went to a museum on a family outing.
It takes so long to get PCR results here that I assumed a test done on the 17th might not be back before the 20th so maybe he didn’t know. But no. He knew and didn’t care. Or it’s a fake PCR test
Well…maybe? Either he’s lying about the positive PCR test or he actually is a danger to the health and safety of the community (which was the reason his visa was cancelled).
www.foxsports.com.au
Can't read.Novak Djoković: Were the Results of His Positive PCR Test Manipulated?
Tennis star Novak Djoković claims that he tested positive for the coronavirus on Dec. 16. But the digital test result suggests otherwise. This and a suspected false statement could create new visa problems for the athlete in Australia.www.spiegel.de
If you are PO'ed about it, that is not irrational.I also can’t get over the fact that he would have conveniently gotten infected a month ahead of the AO as his only way to get in. And did he have symptoms which lead him to get tested or close contact with someone who had it, yet did not isolate while waiting for results or after? Or did he just keep trying to get infected everywhere and then test himself every day to see if it worked? And then once confirmed, not put it on social media like most players do and he did before? So as not to cancel the kids event? All these scenarios are ridiculous.
He’ll get to stay and play now I’m sure, and I’m irrationally p*ssed off about it.
