Strange situation alright. He may have thought he was in the clear after getting it once.
"I will not reveal my status whether I have been vaccinated or not, it is a private matter and an inappropriate inquiry".
So you could conceivably have a situation where Djokovic is vaccinated, but won't play in Melbourne because doing so would reveal that he's vaccinated.
His sponsors will be delighted.
Now he's saying he may not be able to defend the AO, according to the news this morning. They are linking it to the mandatory vaccination in Victoria, of course.
Between his current girlfriend and his ex wife Basilashvilli has an eye for a good-looking girl in any case!
Surely Djokovic has the year-end No.1 Spot in the bag now with Medved having a poor Indian Wells
He mightn't even need to bother to turn up for the ATP Finals in Turin in mid-November if he's so inclined
Although he will surely go there - in with a chance to go clear and take another record with 7 titles (joint 6 at the moment)
(something Nadal has never won - has only made it to the last 2 twice and lost both, last time way back in 2013)
Would not be the favourite to win the event though
Djokovic still has his best advantage over 5 sets and hasn't won the ATP Finals since 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATP_Finals#Singles
Norrie & Badosa winning Indian Wells, don't think many saw that coming.
Very disappointed for Azarenka, although having watched the first set I can understand why she's never really gotten back to her best post-pregnancy. I don't know if it's a confidence issue or what but so many shots of hers landed way inside the baseline, she's seemingly content to hit these weird loopy forehands with zero penetration. It's a shame cause winning this match would've put her right in the race to reach the WTA finals for the first time since 2013, and ten years after she made the final back in 2011.
Norrie is something of a mystery to me, he's had a very fine year at the smaller tournaments but this is the first big breakthrough at a big tournament. Tbf to him he was quite unlucky to draw Federer, Alcaraz and Nadal twice at the slams this year, so maybe next year he might be more of a factor when it matters most.
Well, the best that can be said about the men's final is that it went to three sets. Basilashvili was like a third- or fourth-rate Ostapenko. In the final set, he hit over 3 unforced errors per game. All Norrie had to do was to get the ball back and wait for the error, and he knew it. The first Briton to win Indian Wells!
Cam Norrie wins Indian Wells. What is happening.
Badosa wins 7-6(5) 2-6 7-6(2) in 3 hours 6 minutes. Azarenka must be wondering how she lost it when serving for the match at 5-4 30-0.
Badosa has been threatening to deliver a huge performance this season, and is now 8th in the race for the WTA tour finals in Guadalajara.
2nd set 6-2 to Azarenka in 33 minutes.
Azarenka didn't look the fittest there at the end. She could have got to the winner Badosa hit, it was well inside the line. She didn't even try.
Badosa takes the first against Azarenka 7-6(5) in 1 hour 20 minutes. It's survival of the fittest.
Zverev and Tsitsipas have surprising losses
Taylor Fritz with 3 Top 10 wins in a row (saves MP's against Zverev)
Jabeur into the the WTA Top 10 next week
Dimitrov having a moment, pity he could never string enough of them together to back up his talent on a consistent basis
"Race to Turin" (formerly London ATP Finals) is current year points.
Whoever has most current year points at the end of the year (after Turin) is end-of-year world number one. It shows the World 1 race standings.
that ATP Singles link includes points from last season events (such as ATP Finals 2020)
So "Race to Turin" standings show what you're looking for if your considering who is going to be end-of-year number 1.
ATP Singles standings if you want to know who is No. 1 etc right now.
Is what the ATP show on their main points page out of date or what?
https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/single
Current year points easiest way to keep track of who is in the world number 1 end-of-year race instead of looking at dropping points etc
Medved was already 2000 points behind in current year rankings
Medvedev will drop to 2,000 ranking points behind Djokovic very soon I think.
I saw Medvedev was up a double break in the second and then lost 8 straight games, I'd assumed there was some kind of injury but I watched the highlights there and it appears it was just a complete meltdown.
Ostapenko def. Rogers 6-4 4-6 6-3, despite being 1-3 *0-40 down in the final set. 51 winners to 46 unforced errors. Many breaks of serve to both. In other words, a typical Ostapenko match. Her semi-final against Azarenka should be tasty.
Dimitrov (remember him?) beat Medvedev by the same scoreline. Didn't see that one coming.
Murray will drop to #172 following his Indian Wells exit.
Oh, I'd say his mother has had some input into that world-view ...
Amazon Prime Video
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Murray and Zverev don't get on, especially because Murray has said things like "It has taken too long" about the ATP investigation on the Zverev allegations - could be spicy
Not especially a comment on that comment from Murray but Murray does have the rep of being a sort of male feminist on tour in general.
It's the wife and / or the mother I'd say!
https://www.google.com/search?q=andy+murray+feminist&oq=andy+murray+feminist+&aqs=chrome..69i57j35i39j69i60.6498j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Where is this being broadcast? Any "normal" channels?
Rogers d. Fernandez 2-6 6-1 7-6(4). She gets to play Ostapenko in the QF. It was a very tough final set, hardly any easy service games (actually, that was the case for the whole match).
Murray vs. Zverev next up.
Every day that Ostapenko wins is a good day 😎
Nice to see Fernandez playing well post US Open. At least with Raducanu winning in New York it took a lot of the attention/expectation away from Fernandez, she can play relatively pressure free.
In the battle of the surprise French Open winners, Ostapenko beat Swiatek 6-4 6-3. Swiatek was a break up in both sets, took a long toilet break after the first, and a questionable MTO in the second. She just couldn't live with Ostapenko's hitting.
Laylah Fernandez has just taken the first set 6-2 against Shelby Rogers, despite struggling at times on her serve. No post-US Open hangover for her it seems.
I enjoyed Murray's underarm serve last night. No pissing and moaning about it from Alcaraz either.
I watched parts of it, jumping between it and some women's matches. It was a long match for a 5-7 6-3 6-2 scoreline, over 3 hours. But that's the way of it here: There was a women's match a few days ago over 3 hours and 50 minutes!!!
Haleps is currently struggling against Sasnovich. I can't see myself staying up for the end of that, let alone Kvitova vs. Azarenka, and certainly not Ferndandez vs. Pavs.
Ostapenko vs. Swiatek in the next round could be interesting. Ostapenko continues to be as erratic as ever, but at least she's stringing some results together.
EDIT: Halep has just broken back for 5-5 in the 1st.
Murray beats Alcaraz - didn't get to watch it but Alcaraz making mistakes, especially on not putting away volleys seems to have been costly.
Don't think that Murray can string a full tournament together
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