Anyone know what is his medical exception?
I wonder will the Serbian authorities fine him for not obeying restrictions in his own country. Can't have one rule for the rich and another for the plebs.
Not a hope. The president was shown on sky news there defending him and calling out Australia.
This could all boil over into a major issue between Serbia and Australia.
There is also a question mark over the information supplied in Belgrade prior to him travelling to Spain.
When the Australians have a contender for that title?
It won't be because it will be met with more whataboutery.
I'm confident it'll be at least as good as this one..
That’s just not going to happen. Possibly Wimbledon.
I'm glad the right decision was reached. Whilst I respect Novak's decision not to have the vaccine, I can't deal with the fact he was so arrogant as to lie and behave as though nothing happened when he actually HAD the virus.
It's well documented what the entry requirements were for entering Australia. He had to either have the vaccine or provide a valid medical exemption as to why he couldn't have it. He did neither. I say again - he also lied. That's documented too. And he threw his agent under the bus when the lie was exposed. Bit of a dick move that. The agent merely did as he was told.
The Serbian government and Djokovic's family didn't exactly do him any favours either. Their behaviour was a total embarrassment - they are NOT the victims here. All the talk of 'stomping on Serbia' and 'my son was tortured' was cringeworthy. That's probably why the Aussies dug their heels in.
Djokovic thought he could get away with it as he's so famous and can afford to pay high-powered lawyers. He showed a total lack of respect for the Australians and their laws. Their house - their rules. Could you go to Serbia, do what he did and get away with it? I doubt it. It's like me lighting up in someone's house who does not like smoking. It's rude and disrespectful.
So - I have respect for the player. I don't for the man. I thought he was better than this.
This could all boil over into a major issue between Serbia and Australia
Serbian troops reported to be massing on the Australian border.
Didn't the French sports minister say they'd allow him play? If he doesn't, you'd imagine Nadal has a great shot at number 21 there if he stays fit.
Roger Federer is the real GOAT. A classy gentleman and supreme on the court.
I don't think there's any rule to prevent him playing in France. The vaccine mandate only applies to domestic sportspeople.
The french love Nadal. I reckon that Djokovic will be enemy number one on the tennis circuit for the next couple of years. The vast majority has been touched by somebody they know dying from covid in their community.
Won't be up to the French Sports Minister.
It'll be up to the President of France, in an election year when he is up against the lunatic left and the fascist right.
In my view, Macron's very deliberate public stance of recent week to 'piss them off', referring to the unvaccinated, makes Djokovic's chances of playing at Roland Garros far from certain.
No lie down needed. Thought police comment stands, regardless of your feelings towards it, as it is what the Aussie gov defaulted to when they ran out of rational arguement. French will be similar. We will have to wait and see how the us and UK handle djocovic over the summer
I think the French Government will see the shyte show that happened over the last week and try to avoid at all costs. The French minister was fairly unequivocal about allowing him to play, so I doubt there will be the same issue.
You may laugh but when the Serb president starts condemning Australia while all right minded people cans see that Djokovic behaved like an ass, diplomatic relations between the 2 can become rather awkward.
And was it Djokovic that killed them by not taking the vaccine? 🤣
Sensible by the French.
It's the actions of people like Djokovic that contribute to mis-information, confusion, anxiety, lower levels of vaccination, illness and death.
Laugh emoji all you want, but you just look pure stupid.
I tend to see the case as idiocy on both sides.
First Djokovic should have been vaccinated and played his part as well in ending the pandemic. There doesn't seem to be a legal obligation, but there is certainly a social obligation, especially for those who are in the center of attention.
And second, if the Australian authorities didn't agree with Djokovic behaviour they should have refused him entry and a visa in the first place and everybody except Djokovic would have understood that. But playing these games as the Australian authorities did like, detention then free, then detention and deportation is also not very professional, it's just a silly game of back and forth.
Different rules in those places atm so he can play. For Wimbledon all he needs is to isolate
Again, its not up to him to have the final word.
The French immigration officials could refuse the Visa he needs based purely on the deportation stamp from Australia before it even becomes political. And its a foolish politician in France who tangles with the bureaucracy.
Oh no, how shall Australia ever get over poor relations with a tiny, politically impotent, economically insignificant State 15,000 kms away.......?
Scott Morrison must be having sleepless nights....
They cancelled his visa at the border, IIRC. It was Djokovic and his family aided by abetted by the Serbian Government that turned this into a circus. Djokovic prolonged the agony by appealing. Ultimately, the visa was cancelled as he was 'liberal with the truth' when explaining why he should be exempt from the requirements.
I saw the Serbian President interviewed on sky, he was talking about the persecution and humiliation of one of their citizens. Strong language, short memory.
Although I'm sure there's a tiny part of him worried if the serbs do manage to get feet on the ground and again show to the world what they are really good at...The digging and filling of mass graves.
Yes. Typical language of a Serb.
To be fair, the strong anti-vax sentiment in Eastern Europe (and reflected in Eastern European populations here in Ireland) is attributable to a deep distrust of Government generally, after decades of communist authoritarian rule which included endemic abuse of the people.
However the backlash to that of the last 30 odd years, has been a visceral and vitriolic ultra-nationalistic fervour that is every bit as mental, or even worse than the communist era.
The Serb president and Government are just as liable to that sort of bullshyt rhetoric.
I'll bet the Australian armed forces would love nothing better than a chance to spill as much blood as possible, "proving" their toughness.
When you see videos of the Victoria police tackling women to the ground for not wearing a mask it's very impressive isn't it?
A disgusting incident, but at he end of the day, she's alive. Serbs slaughtered 300 people in the infamous Srebrenica incident I was referring to which those gutless Dutch mostly exhonereted themselves of.
https://www.dw.com/en/srebrenica-massacre-dutch-peacekeepers-partly-responsible-court-rules/a-39431423
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