“F***ing re*ar* Aussies” Tennis Twitter hints massive bias against Novak Djokovic after COVID-positive Oz cricketer Matthew Wade gets green signal to play in Melbourne
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Matthew Wade (L) and Novak Djokovic
Tennis fans on Twitter started another debate on the double standards regarding COVID-19 vaccination rules and restrictions in Australia after national cricket player Matthew Wade was given the green signal to compete against England on Friday despite being detected positive.
For context, World No.1 Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia early this year despite first claiming that he had an exemption to compete in the Australian Open 2022 despite not being vaccinated at the moment. Djokovic was also debarred from entering the country for three more years, eliciting an intense debate on major social media platforms.
Djokovic also recently revealed that his lawyers are in discussion with Australian Open authorities to allow him to play in 2023, but nothing has been officially confirmed yet that he could speak about.
Nick Kyrgios says Novak Djokovic is one of the reasons he even plays tennis, supports the Serb’s 2023 Australian Open return
Australian No.1 singles player Nick Kyrgios once again started the ‘bromance’ with 2022 Wimbledon winner Djokovic by recently supporting him in his fight to return to Australia, where he is debarred from entering for three years as a result of a lengthy deportation court battle this year.
Djokovic, who had entered Australia early this year claiming he had a medical exemption to compete in 2022 Australian Open despite not being vaccinated for COVID-19, was later deported. Interestingly, Kyrgios had supported the Serbian former World No.1 back then even when many other players had taken a neutral or opposite stance.
“I really hope he (Djokovic) is here for the sport, we want to see the best players in the world, me being a competitor. I want to see Novak there. He is some of the reason I play, hopefully, he is there,” said Kyrgios, who received a lot of flak in his country for supporting Djokovic earlier this year.
“He has had a rough run in the last 9 months and not being able to play here but play there and not play there. Hopefully, Australia welcomes him with open arms this time,” Kyrgios further added.
Djokovic has had a particularly tough season in 2022 despite some successes. Firstly, he was booted out of Australia for his anti-vaccination stance despite first being allowed carrying an exemption from Tennis Australia to participate in the opening Grand Slam of the year in Melbourne.
Later, the Serb had to pull out from the US Open because of similar vaccination criteria that he was unable to fulfill due to personal reasons. Recently, Djokovic also opened up on the ordeal in an interview with Sportal saying many masks have fallen and he is learning how to deal with those kinds of people better from hereon.
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