'No tennis player is bigger than a tournament': World reacts to Djokovic's cancelled visa ahead of Australian Open

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Members of the tennis fraternity react to Novak Djokovic's cancelled visa with a former coach left to wonder just what the world number one expected.

Novak Djokovic's former coach and multiple grand slam winner Boris Becker has lamented that the men's world number one had his visa cancelled by Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke but said it serves as a reminder that no player is bigger than the sport.

"So maybe it's better for everyone, for tennis, for the tournament, and maybe for him, that he doesn't play the tournament." "We wanted the number one player in the world, he could have been there by being vaccinated," Barker said.

 

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Hey can't get over a nation's dignity though his economic power overwhelms it.

If world 1 is not there, it's not a grand slam ?

Novak Djokovic is not the only player in Tennis and taking away the limelight of ALL THE OTHER TENNIS PLAYERS. HE LIED AND DID NOT RESPECT AUSTRALIAN LAW instead continuously PUTTING PRESSURE TO AUSTRALIA to disregards its laws on his favor.

Just a dirty and corrupt politics of Morrison government

After the players with heart complications are out and the other 3 players the same as Novak, Why is Australia even hosting a tournament?

AustralianOpen2022 NovakDjokovic has yet to even have himself tested for COVID19 since his arrival! Such blatant disregard for others (including fellow players) and another country's mandates for entry is criminal. And I don't care how famous he may be TennisAustralia

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You don’t represent “world”

Visa is cancelled ❌ full stop... Let's move to the next news....anything else is happening in the world 🌍

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It is all about money talk. I wonder in what reason his court case can be brought to the Federal court so quick Many court cases may have to wait for ages.

Boom Boom Becker aced it - a political game! 2 medical boards set up by Tennis Australia and Victorian state government granted an exemption against the Express directive of the Australian Minister for health. If they had not ignored Hunt’s letter Novak would not be here.

The screeching bedwetters have damaged Australia’s reputation for many years to come, the world is laughing. He’s not a health risk, he ticked the wrong box on an arrival card, people are upset because he has a different opinion and weak Aussies hate a tall poppy

Djokovic Visa farce is a cover to distract from ScottyDoesntGiveARats' failure. One of many. Procurement of Pfizer in 2020. Rollout of vaccines in 2021. Procurement/rollout of 3rd dose in 2021/22. Procurement/rollout of RATs in 2021. Gold Standard NSW 'Let it RIP' in 2021.

More importent: No one stands above the law! No special treatment, he cheated, so DjokovicOut AustralianOpen

Anti Vaxxer is where on the pyramid?

Was Novax tested for Covid in Au upon his arrival?

So unvaxxed can earn a living now? Then reinstate all those nurses, teachers, police and all the rest who lost their job and ability to earn a living because they decided not to get jabbed ?

Australian guverment is totally wrong! Its not a Health matter, its a personal matter

Rules are rules. Will the French Open be open to unvaccinated? Don't think so!

It’s only a game. Nothing important. Not life or death. Go play somewhere else, if you are allowed entry.

Nidal must be happy as his chance of winning has doubled without Djokovic

Forget Djokovic. Focus on ECONOMY wrecked by Morrison Govt Policies Failure .. RATS shortages. Self Imposed Lockdown in this usually buzzling Shopping Centre ...in Melbourne suburb. On a Friday night it is usually full of people but not now. Australian Confidence plunges!

While DjokerNole knows the rules of Tennis extremely well, he doesn't know the rules of Australia. If he had joined Hillsong or donated to the LNPCrimeFamily he would have got a free pass to break any rules he felt like breaking. auspol

Will be hard for Labor, needing a new team of front benchers for next stint in opposition.

Un-vaccinated or vaccinated you still can catch and spread covid. You can still can die vac or no vac. Say if in few years from now we find adverse effects from the vac,(like smoking or Opioids) up to 90% of Aussie may have issues.

Various Australian hierarchy is at fault here not Novak Djokovic. How many times does it take? A simple yes/no system and we can't even do that right without a whole heap of controversy? Yet again..maximum embarrassment for Australians. Can we now get on with the AO please!

Just send him home should never have been allowed entry, it's become an absolute farce but Djokovic is entirely in the wrong and may now face charges in Serbia too. He's just a tennis player, rules are rules. He's broken them here and in Serbia. We don't want him here.

The compensation will be bigger than the national debt

The authoritarian decision to cancel Djokovic visa has nothing to do with Tournament.

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Send him home. No more courts. No more bs. Send him home.

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