Melbourne (Australia), Jan 21 (EFE) .- Serbian and world tennis number one Novak Djokovic explained that the letter he sent to tournament director Craig Tiley with a series of demands was “misinterpreted” in part after a certain sector brand him as “selfish, ungrateful and troublesome.”
The seven-edition champion in Melbourne addressed some colleagues on the ATP circuit in a WhatsApp group to collect complaints regarding severe isolation and forward them as a list with suggestions to director Tiley.
The most severe criticism came from Australian Nick Kyrgios, who charged against Djokovic’s action after calling him “stupid” for doubting a protocol imposed to prevent a new wave of infections in a city that underwent a harsh quarantine for more of one hundred days during the months of July, August, September and October.
“I have earned my privileges for the sacrificial path that I have traveled, that is why it is so difficult to be a mere observer knowing the help that would have meant receiving the support of those above when I was small and insignificant,” he clarified the tennis player from Belgrade on his social networks.
The current champion also said that he asked to carry out the two weeks of quarantine in the same conditions as most of his teammates, in Melbourne unlike Adelaide, although this request was rejected due to the capacity of the selected hotels to house the participants in the capital of the state of Victoria.
However, it is a reality that the players selected to spend this fourteen-day period in Adelaide have an advantage when it comes to preparing for the tournament as they were able to be accompanied by a larger team and not just two people.
“The best players do have better conditions because their rooms have a balcony,” said Tyley, who added that “it was perceived as preferential treatment but for that they are the best players.” EFE
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