Australian Open almost canceled - Djokovic the main culprit
The British media blamed Novak Djokovic again
Source: B92, SN
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Novak Djokovic cast a shadow on himself by organizing the Adria Tour in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, especially when the British media are concerned.
We have already written about how the residents of the hotel in Melbourne are not happy that the tennis players will stay in their building, and the British "Times" blamed no one but Novak Djokovic for that.
Melbourne expects the arrival of about 1.270 people in 48 hours next weekend, when most of the tennis players who plan to participate in the AO will start the mandatory two-week quarantine.
The mentioned portal "Times" also states that it was not easy to persuade the Australian government to allow the holding of the Australian Open Championship, and that the aforementioned Adria Tour created the problem.
During the Adria Tour, the players were seen spending time at night outs and restaurants, and during the day they took pictures with the children and behaved in the most normal way.
The government of Australia did not like that, and managed to implement a strict three-month quarantine in the state of Victoria, after which it experienced 61 days without infected persons, and there was a chance that the tournament would not actually take place.
The rules are clear: Whoever leaves quarantine without a permit will be fined $ 19.000 and potentially prosecuted.
Also, possible penalties are disqualification, loss of the prize fund, extended quarantine, arrest, and even deportation, which would jeopardize entry into Australia over the next few years.
The British media are just as bad as the Australian media. Rather then embrace the number 1 player of all time in your country and acknowledge his efforts they do their utmost best to constantly trash him. Now this uneducated moron called Nick Kyrgios is obviously using Djokovics stature to gain attention. Really hard to fathom how the media seem to promote morons like Kyrgios who have the least right to comment on others. He's not funny and definitely not educated as he seems to think.
Just a spoilt brat with big mouth who is an embarrassment.
(Carl, 9 February 2021 07:19)
Yep, its Djokovic’s fault that people are scared to share the hotel with tennis players, but what about the newly arrived and highly infectious UK strain in Brisbane? Did Djokovic bring that to Australia? I suppose Djokovic is to blame for the terrible numbers dying in the UK and the fact it’s out of control there, and had nothing to do with Boris Johnson’s mismanagement of the pandemic.
People are concerned about any new arrivals from overseas let alone large number of tennis players in one area. The only reason why consideration was given to cancelling the Australian Open was the possible spreading of the infection through large numbers of people gathering in one place. While numbers could be controlled inside it was the outside that was a concern. They were not sure how to manage this so it had nothing to do with Djokovic.
The Times is another of Murdock’s rags.
(sj, 13 January 2021 00:30)
Yep, its Djokovic’s fault that people are scared to share the hotel with tennis players, but what about the newly arrived and highly infectious UK strain in Brisbane? Did Djokovic bring that to Australia? I suppose Djokovic is to blame for the terrible numbers dying in the UK and the fact it’s out of control there, and had nothing to do with Boris Johnson’s mismanagement of the pandemic.
People are concerned about any new arrivals from overseas let alone large number of tennis players in one area. The only reason why consideration was given to cancelling the Australian Open was the possible spreading of the infection through large numbers of people gathering in one place. While numbers could be controlled inside it was the outside that was a concern. They were not sure how to manage this so it had nothing to do with Djokovic.
The Times is another of Murdock’s rags.
(sj, 13 January 2021 00:30)
The British media are just as bad as the Australian media. Rather then embrace the number 1 player of all time in your country and acknowledge his efforts they do their utmost best to constantly trash him. Now this uneducated moron called Nick Kyrgios is obviously using Djokovics stature to gain attention. Really hard to fathom how the media seem to promote morons like Kyrgios who have the least right to comment on others. He's not funny and definitely not educated as he seems to think.
Just a spoilt brat with big mouth who is an embarrassment.
(Carl, 9 February 2021 07:19)
Yep, its Djokovic’s fault that people are scared to share the hotel with tennis players, but what about the newly arrived and highly infectious UK strain in Brisbane? Did Djokovic bring that to Australia? I suppose Djokovic is to blame for the terrible numbers dying in the UK and the fact it’s out of control there, and had nothing to do with Boris Johnson’s mismanagement of the pandemic.
People are concerned about any new arrivals from overseas let alone large number of tennis players in one area. The only reason why consideration was given to cancelling the Australian Open was the possible spreading of the infection through large numbers of people gathering in one place. While numbers could be controlled inside it was the outside that was a concern. They were not sure how to manage this so it had nothing to do with Djokovic.
The Times is another of Murdock’s rags.
(sj, 13 January 2021 00:30)
The British media are just as bad as the Australian media. Rather then embrace the number 1 player of all time in your country and acknowledge his efforts they do their utmost best to constantly trash him. Now this uneducated moron called Nick Kyrgios is obviously using Djokovics stature to gain attention. Really hard to fathom how the media seem to promote morons like Kyrgios who have the least right to comment on others. He's not funny and definitely not educated as he seems to think.
Just a spoilt brat with big mouth who is an embarrassment.
(Carl, 9 February 2021 07:19)