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The ‘day D’ has arrived. This Sunday, Novak Djokovic will sit before him federal court to find out if he is finally deported from Australia or if on the contrary he can stay and play the first Grand Slam of the year. The trial takes place at 9:30 am Australian time (11:30 pm on Saturday in Spanish peninsular time).
After more than ten days of uncertainty and a continuous change of scenarios, facing this last day everything seems to be clear. The Serbian tennis player will stand before a jury that will hear his allegations after his visa was canceled for the second time this Friday.
It is difficult for a Nole who has been arrested for being considered a “public danger” for not being vaccinated. The ‘Djokovic case‘ is so thorny that few tennis players have spoken clearly on the matter and even fewer are those who, in addition, have shown their support for the number one in the world over the last ten days. This controversy is coming to an end, but it seems that it will leave important wounds on the tennis circuit for a while.
posture division
Alexander Zverev Y Nick Kyrgios They have been among those who have positioned themselves in favor of Djokovic in recent hours. The German tennis player, number 3 in the world, showed his support for the Serbian and said that “it’s not fair to come here and not be able to play in the tournament.” More direct, as usual, was a Kyrgios who claimed that Novak needs “the support of other players” and pointed to players like Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andy Murray The Reef Nadal that they had not positioned themselves on the same side.
Going to those that Djokovic referred to, Tsitsipas was one of those who spoke the clearest on this subject: “Djokovic has followed his own rules and has done what many players have not dared to do,” said the Greek. What he is referring to is that the Serbian traveled to Australia without having been vaccinated when the ATP had made the restrictions clear. It is estimated that 97% of the top 100 in the ranking are vaccinated, that is, only three are not and Djokovic is one of them.
There are only three unvaccinated tennis players in the top 100 of the ATP ranking
Murray and Nadal, what they have come to say in this matter is that “the rules are the rules”. The Spanish tennis player, historical rival of Djokovic, with whom he fights to break the tie as those who have won the most Grand Slams in history (20) along with Roger Federer, said that Djokovic was “paying the consequences” for his own decisions.
Pablo Carreno The Garbiñe Muguruza, two other Spanish tennis players who will be at the Australian Open that starts this Monday, pointed out that the matter would have had an easy solution at the time: “I don’t think it’s that difficult, you have to get vaccinated and that’s all,” he said the Spanish-Venezuelan this Saturday. “You have to get vaccinated and, if you’re not, you don’t have to come here,” the Spaniard said emphatically.
Novak Djokovic, Australia
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As for the organizations, the ATP has stayed out of this whole matter unlike the WTA, which showed its support for a tennis player who found herself in the same situation as Djokovic and who has already been deported from Australia, Renata Voracova. “Voracova followed all the rules and they made it easy for her to enter, she competed in a tournament and all of a sudden her visa was canceled without her doing anything wrong,” the WTA criticized.
Division of positions at all levels in the world of tennis, while the unknown is growing about the rest of the season and what may happen to these specific cases that remain unvaccinated. Tournaments like Estoril They already warn that, as in Australia, no tennis player who is not vaccinated will be able to participate.
The ‘Djokovic case’ is over, but everything indicates that the controversy in the world of tennis will continue to persist for a while. Tennis players position themselves on one side and another, tournaments and organizations speak and the future of the male world number one is an unknown between possible penalties he may suffer and his firm position not to be vaccinated.
[Más información: Los otros casos Djokovic en Australia que acabaron mal: vacunas sin aceptar y exenciones negadas]
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