Novak Djokovic’s bid to defend his Australian Open title could come to an untimely end, with border officials denying him entry and packing him into a detention facility for exile in his home country, Serbia, as he recovers from COVID-19. was for failure to meet vaccination requirements. , Australia’s entry rules require a double dose or medical exemption to be given by two independent panels, such as having had a COVID in the past six months. Neither tennis champion, it seems, can show proof of that.
The matter has escalated to the diplomatic level. Outrage has been expressed by Djokovic’s fans as well as the Serbian government. As the player is known to be a vaccine skeptic, a reputation he carries due to his own statements, many Australians have demanded that he should not be given special treatment at a time when everyone is trying to help prevent COVID-19. Was taking jobs. The finer details of his case are not fully known, but if Djokovic’s shot at any other title is within the rules and he has a valid exemption, he should be let in. However, if he expects the fault call to go by his own version of ‘in’ or ‘out’, then he is simply not on – neither on the tennis court nor in the court of rational public opinion.
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