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New revelations from an Australian newspaper cast a bad light on the organizers of the Australian Open, who are said to have provided players with instructions on how to avoid the compulsory vaccination.
The Serbian tennis superstar is currently unable to enter Australia. (Archive image)
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It will be decided on Monday whether the Serb can still travel to Australia.
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Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic has been stuck in the quarantine hotel in Melbourne since Wednesday.
Now a leaked letter from the Australian Tennis Association is circulating.
It is said to have explained to unvaccinated players that they are allowed to compete at the Australian Open if they are infected with Covid.
The Djokovic case has been moving the tennis world for days. Now a highly explosive leaked document from the Australian Tennis Association is causing a stir. It emerges from this that the association wrote to the players with practically instructions on how to proceed in order to be exempt from the vaccination requirement Down Under and thus be able to compete at the Australian Open.
As “The Herald Sun and” Code Sports Australia “report, the Australian Tennis Association sent a letter to the ATP last December in which unvaccinated professionals were given detailed instructions on how they can still enter Australia. Namely, if you have had Corona in the last six months.
Tennis Australia denies allegations
But: The Australian association is said to have already been informed in November by Australia’s Minister of Health Greg Hunt that such an infection would not be sufficient for an exemption. Nevertheless, the association is said to have sent the information letter to the players in December with the incomplete information.
The organizers immediately denied the whole thing on Friday evening. In a statement, the organizers write: “We have always clearly told the players that vaccination is the best solution – not only because it is the right thing to protect yourself and others, but also to ensure that the Entry goes smoothly. We sharply reject the accusation that we knowingly misled the players. “
Czech player also isolated
Despite the denial, the allegations cast a bad light on the boardroom of the tournament around Director Craig Tailey. On Friday it became known that the Czech Renata Voracova had apparently also been exempted from the compulsory vaccination, but was not stopped by the border control and only later transported to the same quarantine hotel as Djokovic.
Like the Serbian superstar, the Czech probably traveled down under assuming that she met all the requirements to meet the entry requirements. How it goes with the two remains to be seen. For Djokovic, the court hearing about his definitive entry notice is scheduled for Monday.
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