Novak Djokovic's Vaccine Stance & Visa Troubles

[Numbers]

I can’t see he’d sue for that, though you never can tell. But the bloke saved championship points in a Wimbledon final against Federer, I’m sure he can handle pressure. Thing is though, you might be right. Who knows the mind of people like Djoker? He’s fairly ruthless, and it wouldn’t surprise me if he waited until they dropped all investigations - then played a victim card. He won’t do anything before then though, in case it provoked them..

Yeah who knows, this never happened before

It was the comment of a lawyer, I think that at least there is a possibility to sue for this

 

[10isfan]

The Australian government would look less stupid if it ejected Djoke now. He made all of them look like imbeciles.

 

[Kieran]

The Australian government would look less stupid if it ejected Djoke now. He made all of them look like imbeciles.

If they don’t go after him, they let down the Australians who sucked up and suffered the restrictions…

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The Australian government would look less stupid if it ejected Djoke now. He made all of them look like imbeciles.

If Alex Hawke decides today to re-cancel Novak's visa,which he has the power to do.This matter again with be back in court,under the same Judge Kelly,who squashed the Government's defence.

 

[BratSrbin]

If they don’t go after him, they let down the Australians who sucked up and suffered the restrictions…

Where is No1e's fault in all this? Because Australian authorities beat their citizens, perhaps?

 

[Vince Evert]

The Australian government would look less stupid if it ejected Djoke now. He made all of them look like imbeciles.

Not that i'm a fan but i feel ND should be allowed to play. It's the two tiers of governments, Federal and the Victorian State and Tennis Australia that are at fault. Sometimes i reckon Australia is too over-governed and with too many buraeacracies that cannot communicate or work together.

 

[tented]

Correct me if i'm mistaken, but isnt there a ATP law that Djokovic, the defending champion, would have been fined if he missed any of the tournaments with out a good reason. Or does it exist just for ATP tour, not the Slams?

That’s for the ATP Tour, not the majors, so it doesn’t apply here.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Not that i'm a fan but i feel ND should be allowed to play. It's the two tiers of governments, Federal and the Victorian State and Tennis Australia that are at fault. Sometimes i reckon Australia is too over-governed and with too many buraeacracies that cannot communicate or work together.

Agree,so many different rules for each of the states,it is confusing,also of late it can change daily.
BTW Vince can I come to SA and visit you or am I banned lol!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Where is No1e's fault in all this? Because Australian authorities beat their citizens, perhaps?

No just with a feather duster

 

[GOATDAL]

Another antiNo1e fan.

No1e has already won a huge victory, you know, ѕo big that nothing can confuse his vinning anymore.

If, and i stress IF, it is shown he falsified his covid positive test to gain entry he faces a maximum 15 year prison sentence plus almost certain expulsion form the ATP tour. I am not accusing him of anything but Pam Shriver on twitter has been very forthright and that is surprising given the libel risk if she is wrong.

 

[Fiero425]

If, and i stress IF, it is shown he falsified his covid positive test to gain entry he faces a maximum 15 year prison sentence plus almost certain expulsion form the ATP tour. I am not accusing him of anything but Pam Shriver on twitter has been very forthright and that is surprising given the libel risk if she is wrong.

She's done it B4 & survived! Pam's the most opinionated commentator out there! She'll spread your business & her thoughts on it on a whim!

 

[kskate2]

Somewhere Craig Tiley is smiling

I think Tiley will get the boot after the tournament is over and your government will be looking for a way to recoup those legal fees.

 

[kskate2]

If, and i stress IF, it is shown he falsified his covid positive test to gain entry he faces a maximum 15 year prison sentence plus almost certain expulsion form the ATP tour. I am not accusing him of anything but Pam Shriver on twitter has been very forthright and that is surprising given the libel risk if she is wrong.

Personally wouldn't put a lot of stock in anything Shriver says. I would definitely need to see it from a few other credible sources.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Here is the thing regardless of how people feel Tennis Australia botched this. Novak and every person out there knows that they have absolutely nothing to do with your ability to get in the country. They are just your reason for being there. He knows as well as anyone else as someone who has traveled extensively for his career who has authority to grant access into a country, so he knew who he had to take his lead from when entering Australia.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I think Tiley will get the boot after the tournament is over and your government will be looking for a way to recoup those legal fees.

He is a total joke....anyway he got what he wanted....regardless of the amount of Spin he is Spinning at the moment

 

[BratSrbin]

If, and i stress IF, it is shown he falsified his covid positive test to gain entry he faces a maximum 15 year prison sentence plus almost certain expulsion form the ATP tour. I am not accusing him of anything but Pam Shriver on twitter has been very forthright and that is surprising given the libel risk if she is wrong.

Luckily, you and Pam have absolutely no power to judge No1e.

 

[Numbers]

Here is the thing regardless of how people feel Tennis Australia botched this. Novak and every person out there knows that they have absolutely nothing to do with your ability to get in the country. They are just your reason for being there. He knows as well as anyone else as someone who has traveled extensively for his career who has authority to grant access into a country, so he knew who he had to take his lead from when entering Australia.

Of course not tennis australia, but what about the state of Victoria? Didn’t they accept the medical exemption? Also TA didn’t gave him the visa to enter the country, but someone did

 

[BratSrbin]

Here is the thing regardless of how people feel Tennis Australia botched this. Novak and every person out there knows that they have absolutely nothing to do with your ability to get in the country. They are just your reason for being there. He knows as well as anyone else as someone who has traveled extensively for his career who has authority to grant access into a country, so he knew who he had to take his lead from when entering Australia.

He certainly didn't know this. Why didn't you whisper all this to the judge before the trial? You had a few days for such an opportunity.

 

[Moxie]

Where is No1e's fault in all this? Because Australian authorities beat their citizens, perhaps?

His fault, at the very least, is the PR disaster of thumbing his nose at Australia's regulations and requirements. They wanted him vaccinated to play, and he wouldn't do it. They wanted the medical exemption by 10 Dec., and his was late. And, as it seems, not adequate to Federal Laws for entry into Australia. (Recent Covid infection doesn't qualify, per the Fed in Oz.) A judge let him in because he didn't like the way he was treated at the border. Felt like the confusion between State and Fed wasn't his fault? Didn't get enough access to his agent and lawyer? We all know that most people don't get by with slip-shod paperwork at the (any) border for these reasons. To the majority of Australian citizens, as reported in local and international news and also by posters here who are in Australia, this has looked like preferential treatment ever since Novak crowed on Twitter that he was in on exemption. This was a colossal misunderstanding of what has been going on in Australia. For a guy who likes to appeal to locals by learning some of their language, one might have thought he'd want to understand them and project empathy in other ways, as well. In the case of Australia, the country of his greatest Major victories, he was incredibly tone-deaf. And now that the other two people (one Czech player and one official,) who applied for and were granted medical exemptions into the AO under the same grounds that he's entering, are gone, and yet he will play, it's hard for many people to see this as anything other than that the rules are different for people with status and money.

 

[10isfan]

It comes down to A Zverev to right this wrong in a small way by winning the AO. I think the court is too slow for Medvedev.