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The controversial exemption of "Novax" Djokovic will not cure his popularity

2022-01-04T14:13:18.826Z


ANALYSIS - The last minute waiver of the Serbian to be able to play in the Australian Open, while he is unvaccinated, risks annoying many and weakening the nascent popularity of a decidedly divisive champion.


The disappointment was terrible, but it's also a blessing, because I felt the cheers of the audience, a support that I had never felt before in New York and maybe nowhere else in the world.

It was a victory with the public, not with my racquet.

It's a victory for life. ”

A bad for a good ?

Beaten by Daniil Medvedev in the US Open final last September, Novak Djokovic saw his dream of a calendar Grand Slam fly away.

In Bercy in early November, for his first post-defeat press conference, the Serbian preferred to retain the essentials.

Failing to have touched this tennis Grail, he had known how to win hearts, him, the unloved.

At the Rolex Paris Masters, which he won, the Serbian was confirmed that his popularity rating was on the rise.

Beaten in the final by Djokovic, Medvedev was also full of praise for the “new Djoko”: “

I have the feeling that people are beginning to appreciate his exploits more and more.

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Source: lefigaro

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