Melbourne: Saga around Defense Champion Novak Djokovic has left the Australian airline which is open in controversy and confusion with the first grand slam just a few days.
World number one decision was not vaccinated against Covid-19 exploded when he was detained trying to enter Australia in medical liberation last week.
Serbian skeptical vaccine won the court battle to stay and had been practicing at Melbourne Park, but he still might not play in the tournament with the Australian immigration minister pondered whether to cancel his visa.
Known as ‘happy slam’ because of a crowd of bumper, good weather and party atmosphere, the Australian Open – which starts on Monday – rarely looks very miserable or uncertain.
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Djokovic 34 years old, which pursued the 21st Grand Slam title, was named after the top men’s seed on Tuesday, even when his status was still unclear.
The lottery will be done on Thursday.
“I just want to have the opportunity to compete with the best players in the world and appear before one of the best crowds in the world,” said Djokovic this week, because his fate was hung in balance.
It has thrown dark clouds on top of the slam for the second year in a row, after being hit by 2021 by Coronavirus.
At that time, top stars including Djokovic were forced to spend two weeks in their hotel room as part of Australian compulsory quarantine requirements, with many angry about it.
Djokovic was tough emerged to win the Australian Australian nine title record, while Naomi Osaka won a female crown.
This time Djokovic has a greater task, with his former coach Boris Becker told the top seed BBC “shell-shocked” by having to spend five days in immigration detention.
“Obviously the preparation is very bad.
I don’t think he was in a worse position entering the week before the Grand Slam, but that’s how it was,” Becker said after talking to him on Monday.
If he plays, Djokovic will surely face hostility from a crowd that is annoyed because he is able to compete in the city that passes one of the longest series in the world.
“The crowd will be difficult with him but with every match he starts, he will win the crowd and they will embrace him again,” Becker said.
Djokovic Australia’s care has divided the observers and angered the Serbian government, but most can agree that tennis is a loser.
ATP, a male tennis government body, called an affair “damaged all front” and former English world number one Andy Murray said on Tuesday that the resolution needed as soon as possible.
“This is the first match I play here or won here in more than three years, and yes, this is where this situation makes it frustrated for the players because I want to escape and talk about my tennis,” he said after a victory in the Sydney warming tournament .
But the 34-year-old Murray, a grand slam champion three times, added that Djokovic also had “a few questions” to answer.
Covid and a very contagious Omicron variant also follows the Australian Open.
Australia Crowd-Pleaser Nick Kyrgios – who said that “How we handle Novak’s situation is bad, very bad” – has been tested positively virus, threw his participation into doubts.
Some high profile players, including Spanish Great Rafael Nadal, US Open Champion Emma Raducanu and Olympic Champion Tokyo Belinda Bencic just returned to the action of the virus.
Serena Williams and Roger Federer have been lost from Melbourne because they manage their workload to dusk of the two biggest tennis career.
Easy to forget there are actually some tennis that occur.
Nadal, who showed a little bad effect in winning the Build-Up Melbourne Summer set on Sunday, also pursued a slam 21 title Time.