Novak Djokovic

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Djokovic warming up for his match

Current ranking: 1

Last result: Banja Luka quarterfinals (lost to Dusan Lajovic)

Next tournament: Rome Masters

35 Comments on Novak Djokovic

  1. Novax has split with Vajda and Peugeot have dumped him.
    Things aren’t going well for him…
    All his big titles have come with Vajda.

    • Vajda probably told him to get vaxxed. He seems to be a sensible sort. When (if) Novax comes to his senses he’ll probably hire Vajda back.

  2. US Open confirms vaccine status will rule out Novak Djokovic from tournament

    Novak Djokovic’s hopes of playing in the US Open suffered another blow after the tournament said it would respect the United States government’s rules on the Covid-19 vaccine.

    The US requires non-citizens to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus to enter the country, meaning Djokovic, who has made it repeatedly clear that he will not take the vaccine, will not be allowed entry.

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/20/us-open-novak-djokovic-covid-19-vaccine-tennis

    • I don’t think the US government is interested in converting the US Open into the superspreader event that Wimbledon was. Plus the US gov’t doesn’t give a flying f*** about tennis. The US Open has no choice re Djokovic anyway. He can’t enter the country unless they change the entry rules and with covid infections ramping up again in the US I don’t see that happening. (Sorry for the rant. I guess I lost it when I heard that Martina Navratilova caught covid.)

  3. The US Open are ‘supporting’ the US Governments decision- so by some miracle he managed to sneak his way in past all the security and arrive at Flushing Meadow, they wont let him play.Well done.

  4. My sister lives in New York and said the cases of Covid are on the rise again. They really have no choice but to not allow Novak to play. There are NO exceptions. He should not have been allowed to play at Wimbledon. They should have let the Russians play and banned Novak. His stance on refusung to get vaccinated is behind irresponsible.

    • Real anonymous here.

      No, you’re irresponsible for suggesting people shouldn’t be allowed to choose what they do to their own body.

      • Baloney! There is no such thing as absolute freedom! We can’t smoke in public places. Why? Because smoking causes lung cancer which kills. Small children have to be in car seats. We have to use seat belts and obey the speed limit.

        So don’t pull out that crap about freedom! If you live in a society then you have to abide by certain rules. In a pandemic which has killed millions nobody gets to whine about freedom or choose what they do to their own body.

        Vaccines have cured smallpox, polio, measles. Lives have been saved. Nothing is more important than that. If you don’t know that, you don’t know anything.

        No exceptions for Novak or anyone else! If you don’t like it too damn bad!

        • Vaccinations aren’t mandatory in the US or are they?
          Unlike car seat belts, drink drive limits etc.
          If they were mandatory then it would be either force isolation or forced jabbing- not nice,but at least it would save lives .
          I know a few people in UK who never got vaxxed some of them scientists.Their argument is waiting for an immunisation drug.Im no expert in the difference.

  5. See so many acting as if it’s aimed at Novak. It’s simply the law of the land for entry and no one is in any legal position to give him an exemption, especially when no one else, including rock stars, athletes and other celebrities, is being exempted. He can still choose to get vaccinated at any time like the entirety of his peers and play. His free choice.

      • Every decision has consequences, just, some are worse than others. Getting jabbed has consequences even though most people don’t realise it. No one can tell you with absolute certainty that you are the same biologically after getting vaccinated.

        However, no one can tell you after you’ve been infected that you are the same, either.

        Everyone has to make their own decision including weighing up the risk to others.

        • Thats true, but the problem is that ‘everyone’ includes people who arent capable of making a rational decision if you paid them huge sums of money

          I can think of a few politicians who fit that …

        • For those that like to make convenient assumptions, I think it’s necessary that I clarify what I mean by “biologically”. Biologically and DNA are not synonymous. AFAIK, Covid infections and vaccines do not alter a person’s DNA but they can have long term affects known as “long Covid”, which can affect a person’s performance.

          https://www.science.org/content/article/rare-cases-coronavirus-vaccines-may-cause-long-covid-symptoms

          The basis for not getting vaccinated is justified IMO, so we need to respect his decision.

          • However, it’s contradictory to think it’s ok to get infected but not vaccinated, especially when you are probably more likely to get long COVID symptoms from having been infected.

          • Djokovic has that typical Serbian ‘trust no one except your family and yourself’ mentality which was most likely ingrained in him by his parents from a young age. I know this because I have friends from Serbia and that part of the world

            Asking him to get vaccinated is like asking him to to forgoe his belief system and succumb to peer pressure. It ain’t gonna happen because it’s the foundation of who he is and the very reason for his success.

          • And for those that like to be pedantic about details and correctness.

            ‘Biology is not synonymous with DNA’.

  6. So, until recently I had to show my vaccination card, just to enter a restaurant in NYC. Now, a global superstar can just shop up unvaccinated?? why? because of his celebrity status?

    • Well there you have it. Double standards.

      I don’t know why anyone would bring up forced vaccinations. Of course we don’t have that. But there us no excuse for stupidity and ignorance. So why don’t people rant and rave about no smoking in public places? Isn’t that interfering with their freedom?

      People were much smarter back in the day. We all hit the polio vaccine. There was no question about getting it. My sister and I got it at school. Today there are conspiracy theories and misinformation.

      If Novak refuses to get vaccinated then there are consequences. No exceptions! My point is that there is no such thing as absolute freedom. We have the first amendment but you can’t yell fire in a crowded movie theater.

      What I do not like is reading that Novak is being prevented from playing. That is not accurate. He is refusing to get vaccinated. His choice.

      I am just really disappointed in the ignorance that seems to be everywhere today. I still remember my mother telling me about my grandmother putting camphor around her daughter’s necks to ward off polio. I think one hundred years ago when the Spanish flu pandemic killed millions of people, that they would have been grateful for a vaccine.

      Is is such a shame that there is this blind ignorance among too many people. I am grateful for the vaccine.

    • Of course vaccines save lives .
      People in high profile positions should be setting an example and there’s no double standards about that.

      • There is a double standard. Atul just said why. Al so, Novak went to Australia fuf the express purpose of getting an exception to play. His visa was false and did not indicate that he was traveling in the two weeks before the AO. He got his high paid, high powered lawyers to take the issue to court. Even though he was in the wrong! He wanted special treatment. That is a double standard and also an insult to the Australian people who were rightly outraged because they were living under very strict constraints because of Covid.

        Nobody is saying he has to be forced to get vaccinated. However, we seem to be in agreement here that he has to accept the consequences. Ultimately Australia dud the right thing and made him leave the country.

        • Well he did have a medical exemption when he arrived. That was his argument.
          Im disappointed he not be playing but the ball is totally in his court .If he wants to miss out on more Slam titles .I dont even know the reason he so against it as he says he not an antivaxxer.

          • Well that is hard to understand if he is not an antivaxxer.

            I do remember now that he had the medical exemption. I think that was what his lawyers argued in court.

            Of course it would be better if he played. It would be better for tennis. It’s hard for a player when he can’t get match play to remain sharp.

          • Well as a fan I still hope they find a way to get round the problem and he can play – it just depends on the current rules which change all the time . I mean how much of COVID restrictions did you see at Wimby?

  7. And NNY: Dont think Im totally agreeing with you here , you dont want Nole to play at the US , as a fan , I do.

    Similar to what you said about me wanting Rafa to withdraw from RG ,

    In your own words darling
    Dont give me that crap

    • You know, I am not going there with you. Think what you like. My issue is with him not being vaccinated. I have made that clear. It is better if everyone can play. That includes the Russians who were banned from Wimbledon. They should have been allowed to play.

      Saying you wanted Rafa to withdraw from RG is mit the same as whether Novak should play at the USO. I would have preferred to see him get vaccinated and play. If you think it’s crap I don’t care.

      I keep forgetting who I am dealing with here.

  8. Sorry for that last bit.The late night version of me 😉
    I hope he gets playing but not by some back door.Get vaccinated

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