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Apparently unvaccinated Djokovic takes part in the Australian Open - Australians beside themselves: "Angry, frustrated"

2022-01-05T09:25:18.795Z


Apparently unvaccinated Djokovic takes part in the Australian Open - Australians beside themselves: "Angry, frustrated" Created: 01/05/2022, 10:09 AM From: Andreas Knobloch Novak Djokovic should slip the mask off his nose when reading the newspapers in Australia. © picture alliance / dpa / APA | Barbara Gindl Novak Djokovic is allowed to participate in the Australian Open. What seems great fro


Apparently unvaccinated Djokovic takes part in the Australian Open - Australians beside themselves: "Angry, frustrated"

Created: 01/05/2022, 10:09 AM

From: Andreas Knobloch

Novak Djokovic should slip the mask off his nose when reading the newspapers in Australia.

© picture alliance / dpa / APA |

Barbara Gindl

Novak Djokovic is allowed to participate in the Australian Open.

What seems great from a sporting point of view is a "massive slap in the face" for the Australians from a sporting point of view.

Melbourne - Novak Djokovic is now allowed to participate in the Australian Open, although the tennis star is apparently not vaccinated.

That causes horror, especially in the Australian media, the tennis one does not come off well.

The Serb is of course the ultimate in sport, but there should be limits.

And with their words, the media do not hold back against Djokovic, the organizers and the tennis world.

"Frustrated, disappointing", or "who took on the role of villain", as well as "sick hypocrisy".

The Australian press comments on the medical exemption:

The Age's Novak Djokovic dismantled: "A city that has survived six lockdowns won't approve of it"

“The Age”

: “Novak Djokovic would be well advised not to have his usual“ heartbreaking ”celebration in the Rod Laver Arena. Judging by the ridicule his medical license exempted to fight for the 10th Australian Open title in Melbourne, he's arguably about to become the country's least popular visitor since Katie Hopkins was expelled last year, for bragging about breaking hotel quarantine. A town that has survived six lockdowns and where double vaccination is a requirement for access to any public common area is unlikely to approve of tennis’s leading vaccination skeptic being escorted through the VIP lane at Tullamarine Airport. "

"The West Australian"

: "The Djoker has turned into the Joker and shamelessly assigned himself the role of villain before starting his attempt to rule the tennis world."

Novak Djokovic is allowed to go to the Australian Open: "As if we had all received a massive slap in the face"

"The Canberra Times":

"Raise your hand if you were really surprised when Novak Djokovic received a medical exemption for the Australian Open. Horrified maybe. Angry yeah Frustrated, disappointed, disgusted, feeling like we all just got a massive slap in the face. It is sad for the people of this country who have repeatedly been denied international and interstate travel during this pandemic, even to see their loved ones dying. For those who got separated from their children or were unable to attend the funeral of a close friend or family member. Unfortunately, if you're a global sports superstar, even if you've shown no respect for a virus, the rules are different,which has infected nearly 300 million people around the world in the past two years. "

“The Herald Sun”

: “The medical exemption for Novak Djokovic so that he can play the Australian Open is a sick hypocrisy.

His participation is an insult to any Australian who has gone through hell because of Covid. "

Source: merkur

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