Demonstration in front of the hotel where the tennis player is being held. /
Having been infected with covid in the six months prior to the tournament was one of the requirements that the Australian tennis federation gave to tennis players who were not vaccinated and wanted to play
The case of Novak Djokovic and his arrival in Australia gives one more turn of the screw every day. The last one has been revealed by his lawyers. The Serbian tennis player requested a medical exemption to enter the country and play the Australian Open based on a positive recorded on December 16.
Having been infected with covid in the six months prior to the tournament was one of the requirements that the Australian tennis federation gave to tennis players who were not vaccinated and wanted to play, however; According to the country’s media revealed in the last hours, the Government changed these conditions in November and the organization did not communicate it to the tennis players, which would have caused the current uproar.
Djokovic’s positive assumption is still controversial. First, because in the documents that the organization provided to the tennis players, they were asked that, to receive the medical exemption, it was an essential requirement to present the medical documents, which certify the contagion, before December 10. Djokovic, therefore, would have submitted it late.
But, in addition, the Serbian tennis player, despite being infected, participated in an act of presentation of a postage stamp on December 16, while, the following day, the 17, he attended the award ceremony of the tennis federation from Serbia. At all times Djokovic was seen without a mask and without keeping social distance, despite being indoors. What has not yet been revealed is whether the positive was known on the same December 16 or that was the day the PCR was done and he had to wait several hours or days to know the result.
The plans that Djokovic had before December 16 are also a mystery, since the deadline to present the documents that would give him access to the medical exemption had already expired and without it, and not being vaccinated, he would not be able to participate in a tournament of utmost importance for him, because he has won it nine times and because he aspires to surpass the Grand Slams record of the absent Roger Federer and a Rafael Nadal who returned to compete this week after five months off the slopes.
Waiting for the judicial resolution
The Djokovic case has less than 48 hours left for its resolution. At midnight this Sunday, the hearing will take place in Melbourne that will determine if the world’s number one is deported from Australia, with the possible penalty of three years without entering the country, or if he will be allowed to play the first Grand Slam of the year, which begins next January 17.
Meanwhile, Djokovic remains isolated in a hotel in the city, with his father as a speaker in Belgrade and his Serbian followers crowded in the street demanding his freedom, together with the Government of his country, which has shown him their unconditional support.
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