Australian Open: Djokovic defends himself with a tough card

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Serbian Novak Djokovic published a profound letter before participating in the 2021 Australian Open.

At 33 years old and owner of a successful career on a professional level, Novak Djokovic takes advantage of his “privileged role” and expresses all his feelings whenever he requires it. However, his claim to the Australian Open authorities for tennis players to leave the strict quarantine has provoked criticism and, as a result, the Serb decided to defend himself through a harsh letter published in his account. Instagram.

“In light of recent media and social media criticism for my letter to Craig Tiley (director of the Australian Open tournament), I would like to clarify a few things. My good intentions for my fellow competitors in Melbourne they have been interpreted for minutes as selfish, difficult and ungrateful, ”Djokovic begins the discharge, referring to the suggestions he gave Craig Tiley for tennis players to train in better conditions before competing at Melbourne Park.

And in the same vein, “Nole” continues: “This could not be further from the truth. Not all acts are taken literally, and sometimes when I see the consequences of things, I tend to ask- me if I should just sit back and enjoy my benefits instead of paying attention to other people’s struggles. However, I always choose to do something and be helpful despite the challenging consequences and misunderstandings. “

Then, the number 1 in the world ranking alluded to the “privileged role” he plays for his remarkable achievements on the ATP circuit, a position that not all his colleagues own and from which the Serbian racket may lead protests that others would not dare.

I really care about my fellow players and I also understand very well how the world is handled and who gets bigger and better and why. I have earned my privileges by force, and that is why I find it very difficult to be a mere spectator knowing how much I cared for every help, gesture, and good word when I was small and insignificant in the world hierarchical order.

Therefore, I use my privileged position to serve as much as I can where and when needed. I have always had a very good relationship with Craig, and he respects and appreciates all the effort he puts into making the Australian Open a place to look forward to returning each year. In our email exchange, I took the opportunity to exchange ideas about possible improvements that could be made to the forty players in Melbourne who were completely blocked.

Djokovic then talks about the messages he has exchanged with other tennis players to assess and present possible advice to the authorities, with the sole aim that the stay of athletes in Australia does not become a real ordeal.

There were some suggestions and ideas I got from other players in our chat group and there was no harm in intending to help. I knew there was little chance that any of our suggestions would be accepted, just as my request for quarantine with my team in Melbourne instead of Adelaide was denied before our trip, due to strict government regulations. As I could not be with other players in Melbourne, I made myself available to them if necessary.

I understand that organizing international sporting events during a pandemic poses risks to the health of the local community and the players themselves. Therefore, I would like to express my total gratitude to Tennis Australia, the Australian Government and local citizens for being willing to take this risk with us for the love of the game and the many opportunities it offers to the country’s economy and its people.

On the impossibility of moving from Adelaide to Melbourne that Djokovic mentions in his letter, The Guardian says that this is because Tiley continues to defend the preferential treatment of the best rackets, such as Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka , others.

“The best players have better living conditions because they have a balcony. I have the feeling that it is perceived as a preferential treatment, but they are the best players in the world, it was an advantage for us to have the extra quarantine space and it is a great opportunity for Adelaide and they deserve it, ”Tiley argued, according to The Guardian’s slogans.

And he added: “My general rule is that if you’re at the top of the game, a Grand Slam champion, it’s just the nature of the business: you’ll get a better deal.”

Finally, Djokovic lamented that his public message to the organizers of the Australian Open has been taken badly. Nick Kyrgios, one of Djokovic’s top detractors, even described the Serb as “useless” when he quoted on his Twitter account the video of a newscast talking about the demands of the eight-time champion in Melbourne.

It is an honor and we will all do our best to follow the established guidelines and protocols. We hope to be able to nourish our bodies and be radiant for the endurance and physical and mental strength tests we have ahead of us once the competition begins. Things in the media intensified and there was a general impression that the players (including me) are ungrateful, weak and selfish because of their nasty feelings in their forties.

I am very sorry that I have come to this because I know how grateful many are. We all came to Australia to compete. Not being able to train and prepare before the tournament starts is not at all easy. None of us ever questioned 14 days of quarantine despite what the media says. I really want to play in front of people and join the frenzy of tennis and the energy of the city that has always led me to many victories. I am also looking forward to seeing all my fellow players together in Melbourne.

Novak Djokovic’s suggestions to the Australian Open organization that ended in scandal

The scandal at the Australian Open originated from the demands that Novak Djokovic made to Craig Tiley points more than anything to the equality between all players who will compete in the first Grand Slam of the year.

According to information published on the website specializing in tennis Break Point, Djokovic requested:

  • Fitness and training equipment in all rooms
  • Decent food, according to the level of the tournament and an elite athlete
  • Reduce isolation days for the 47 isolated players, conducting more tests to confirm that they are all negative
  • Permission to visit your trainer or fitness trainer, as long as both have passed the PCR
  • In case of green light the previous proposal, that both the player and his coach are on the same floor of the hotel
  • Move, as far as possible, as many tennis players as possible to private homes with a training ground.

But Djokovic’s attempt was in vain, as with Craig Tiley at the helm the Serbian’s order was flatly denied and the mandatory quarantine for 14 days will continue as stipulated.

Argentine tennis player Guido Pella says that in the hotel where he is staying “our room was not cleaned a week ago”

In line with the uneasiness expressed by different tennis players for the strict quarantine that forces them to comply before participating in the Australian Open, the Argentine Guido Pella issued a strong complaint to complain about the lack of cleanliness in the hotel where you are staying, located in the city of Melbourne.

“Imagine they don’t clean our room a week ago, they miraculously give us towels and the food is made of cardboard. We couldn’t get a clean sheet … But hey, we’re still strong (ponele),” he wrote in Instagram Stories the 30-year-old Argentine tennis player while trying to keep a cool head to continue his set-up closed on four walls.

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Instagram Stories / guido_pellaArgentine tennis player Guido Pella complained about the lack of cleanliness in the hotel he is staying in to compete in the Australian Open.

These poor living conditions revealed by Pella are added to the recent video released by Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, who filmed with her mobile phone a mouse hovering in her same room.

And although they moved her to another room, in the new one she also found more rodents that she managed to capture with her mobile phone and then share. the images via Twitter.

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