“Irony!” – ESPN’s Moderna Shot of the Day featuring an ‘unvaccinated’ Novak Djokovic winning the US Open has social media calling out the hilarious duality of the situation

Fans point out the irony of Djokovic getting the Moderna Shot of the Day

“Irony!” – ESPN’s Moderna Shot of the Day featuring an ‘unvaccinated’ Novak Djokovic winning the US Open has social media calling out the hilarious duality of the situation

Novak Djokovic was awarded Moderna's Shot of the Day in the US Open final (Via Imago/screengrab ESPN)

Fans on social media had a field day during Novak Djokovic‘s 24th Grand Slam triumph. They called out the hilarity of the situation when the Moderna Shot of the Day went to an unvaccinated Djokovic. ESPN and Moderna had an agreement to air a segment ‘Moderna Shot of the Day’. However, audiences found the situation bizarre when the pharmaceutical company was forced to award this to the unvaccinated Serbian ace.

The Serbian Great had been banned from the United States for the past two years on account of not getting vaccinated. The issue in itself led to quite a few controversies in the 2022 season.

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Djokovic played on American soil for the first time in two years at the Cincinnati Masters, where he won the title against Carlos Alcaraz. The last time he played stateside, was in 2021 when he lost to Daniil Medvedev in the US Open final.

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The Shot of the Day in question was the stroke the Serb played in the Championship point, which ultimately led to his victory. With this title, Djokovic won his 24th Grand Slam title, equaling the record for the most number of Grand Slam titles in history with Margaret Court. He now also holds the record for the most number of Majors in the Open Era.

Related: List of records broken by Novak Djokovic after winning the 2023 US Open

Fans react to the ironic nature of the ‘Shot of the Day’ fiasco

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Novak Djokovic (Image via Imago)

With the ‘Shot of the Day’ being awarded to unvaccinated Novak Djokovic, fans could not help but point out the irony. Fans resorted to Twitter (Now called X) to point out the paradoxical nature of the situation.

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The irony of the situation simply cannot be missed. With Novak being against himself getting vaccinated, Moderna was forced to give him their designated award. Some people even started tweeting puns saying, “He ends up getting the Moderna shot.”

While the situation is ironic at best, the fans did not disappoint. They took this with the best intentions building more on the absurdness of the situation.

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