I know we will never know,I would like to know what was the reason that he received a medical exemption in the first place,he did not qualify when I looked at the medical exemption list.Also remember he was on the entry list to play the ATP cup in Sydney before the AO,then withdrew? I wonder if he was denied entry to play in Sydney because he was not vaccinated.
The real issue here is that he knew he hadn’t a medical exemption, but he still turned up. I don’t buy the bogus narrative that he believed he had one, because he was told he had one. Nobody is that gullible, or stupid. He would have checked the exemption list, or one of his team would have. It took me 90 seconds. So he knew, and yet he traveled? Then lied. Then hired big lawyers. Which was how he thought he’d get in…
Agree,there are so many other 'grey area's,to me Tiley and the Victorian Health Minister have a lot to answer.Tiley said 'there was a lot of confusion' ? Tiley still maintains he had a medical exemption which allowed him to play at the AO.I also think Novak has bad advisers around him.Anyway we shall see what his side of the story is,shortly.
I don’t know what drugs Tiley is on but there’s no medical exemption for covid recovery. He definitely has questions to answer. But even if he told Novak that, it’s not credible to believe that Novak didn’t check this himself. It’s impossible to believe. He had a flotilla of Johnny Cochranes ready to fight his corner within hours of landing in Australia, but he couldn’t get one in Serbia to check this and make sure, before he left? He didn’t do what you and I did, and check online? Takes no time at all.
Tiley from the beginning wanted the AO to be all about Novak and his quest for 10 GS titles and to make history with 21GS titles,which back fired on him,I mean who knows if Novak played would he won? just because it is his best winning slam to date,I mean we all thought Rafa would win last year at RG as well.
Even if he got all these assurances, doesn’t it make sense that he’d know that none of these people are at the border waiting to usher him through? So surely he’d have checked with the best legal advice the ramifications of trying to enter without valid paperwork? I can’t believe he’d be so gullible, though I easily believe that being “accustomed to being catered to and looked after” he’d think the rules would never be applied to him, that somehow he’d buy his way in, and also I believe he’d think that this was “justice..”
Yes, there was a lot of hubris and sense of entitlement going on, and it's one of the things that got him in trouble. (Because he made it obvious, with that tweet.) I have no doubt that Tiley encouraged Novak to go for it with the paperwork and various fed-to-state confusion. Apparently it worked for that Polish woman, who eventually got sent off, but was in long enough to play an entire tournament prior to the AO. Her getting in would have happened before Novak left Belgrade, so that would have encouraged them.
I'm with you. I don't believe that his legal team didn't know that they might face push-back. As Margaret says, we may never know why he was initially granted a visa, but that could be just bureaucratic paperwork because he had the (dodgy) entree via state of Victoria. I think they were all flying by the seat of their pants, and they knew it. Which is why "the agent," in a "clerical error" decided not to disclose the foray to Spain to practice, in the intervening fortnight...so as not to send up yet another red flag.
I agree with that Moxie, I am sure he thought he could get elitist privilege and dodge the feds.I mean Tiley and the Health Minister from Victoria got 2 letters last November outlining medical exemptions and that having COVID within 6 months does not entitle anyone for a medical exemption,from our Federal Health Minister,that is when the lies first started to occur.,both of them disregarding the information,probably Tiley gave Novak the thumps up saying he could still play in Australia,Tiley always wanted Novak to play at the AO...whatever it took.
Yeah, but what are the chances? He is known to play the victim card, and he gets loads of support for that, from the President and PM of Serbia, on down, on this one. I'll be very curious to see how much damage control his PR people have done, and what they're able to keep him to.
Of course he thanked the Serbian people! Nobody wants to get on the wrong side of such erudite fellows!
Oh there’s a whole bunch of Djokolytes on social media who will tell you exactly that, that he’d have won it, and they can’t be told otherwise. But you’re right, he’d have been drowned out with noise between serves, he’d have been abused during the warm up, he’d never have handled the hatred of the crowd. When Daniil mentioned his name on court after the FAA match, the verdict was clear. Don’t mention him, he’s a pariah!
I've seen some of the same, but, I'm sorry...no fan base gets to claim 7 victories in a tournament not played. Even before he got deported, he'd been in detention, deprived of practice and, of course, his personal chef. He was the focus of a "major" (pun intended) court battle. This is less than ideal preparation for a slam, and then, yes, the rather certainty of fan derision had he played. Even if he'd played and made it to the final, he would have faced Medvedev, who beat him badly at the USO.
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That’s my point his spin on this is a hard sell period, but practically a month afterward no thanks why even bother. At this point, moving on would be the smartest thing as I’m like I don’t even care what he has to say it’s far too late.
