He wants to skip the French Open and Wimbledon because he doesn’t want to get vaccinated. Novak Djokovic caused a stir earlier this year when he tried to enter Australia without a valid vaccination exemption.
Early in the tennis season, Novak Djokovic was in the same group as Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer with 20 grand slam singles wins. In the end, Nadal won the Australian Open, giving him 21 main singles titles, which is the most of all time in men’s tennis. Djokovic was not there.
A special interview with Djokovic, who is 34 years old, was conducted by the BBC. Djokovic told the BBC that he hasn’t had a vaccine for COVID-19.
Novak Djokovic told the BBC that he wasn’t against getting vaccinated at all. “I know that around the world, everyone is trying to do a lot to fight this virus and hopefully put an end to this virus soon.”
This is what Novak Djokovic said in a BBC interview about not getting vaccinated: “I understand that not getting vaccinated right now means that I can’t travel to a lot of tournaments at this time.”
“And that’s a price you’re willing to pay?” Djokovic was asked by the BBC’s media editor, Amol Rajan.
“That’s what I’m willing to pay,” Novak Djokovic said.
Rajan then asked Djokovic, “In the end, are you willing to give up the chance to be the best tennis player in history because you feel so strongly about this jab?”
Novak Djokovic said, “Yes, I think so.” “I’m going to do that.”
When asked why, Djokovic said: “Because my body’s thoughts about what I should do are more important than any name or anything else. The best I can do is to stay in touch with my body as much as possible.
For the French Open and Wimbledon, CNN has asked the people who run the events to give their thoughts.
It was a bad story about the Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic arrived in Melbourne on January 5, only to be put in non-permanent detention and lose his visa because he didn’t have a valid medical exemption for the vaccination requirement for all new arrivals.
Djokovic’s team said that the tennis star thought he could enter the country because he had been given a medical exemption from the event organisers because he had been infected with COVID-19 in December. This meant that he had natural immunity.
Under Australian law, exemptions for medical reasons are only given to people who can show that they’ve had anaphylaxis after a previous dose of a vaccine or are very immunocompromised. Djovokic did not fit into either class.
As soon as the government decided to cancel his visa the next week, a judge overturned that decision. This meant that Djokovic could start training again for the Australian Open, which he did.
However, just a few days before the event began, Australia’s Immigration Minister, Alex Hawke, decided to cancel Djokovic’s visa again, and the player was put back in detention.
Hawke said that Djokovic was a threat to public health and order, and that anti-vax protests could help spread COVID-19
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Djokovic’s supporters and critics took to the streets of Melbourne during the two-week period when all this happened. Some protested that Djokovic’s launch made fun of the sacrifices that Australians have made to include Covid, while others said he had a right to play.
The second time around, Djokovic’s legal case didn’t work out. Three Federal Court judges unanimously threw out Djokovic’s application, saying Hawke’s argument was not irrational. Djokovic quickly left the country.
