And she just had her serve broken.
Needs to break Wangs serve to force it to tie break
The Tennis Thread
Take the US Open out of it... and it's pretty much what would be expected of her.. as an 18 yr old easing her way into the professional circuit...
She has the bonus of knowing in advance that she has the ability to win a Grand Slam.. hopefully she uses that knowledge wisely. Unlike Eddie, I think she will.
She has the bonus of knowing in advance that she has the ability to win a Grand Slam.. hopefully she uses that knowledge wisely. Unlike Eddie, I think she will.
Entitled twat wants cake and eat it.
Causing a political stink in OzAustralians have reacted angrily to news that tennis player Novak Djokovic will play in the Australian Open, after being exempted from vaccination rules.
All players and staff at the tournament must be vaccinated or have an exemption granted by an expert independent panel.
Djokovic has not spoken about his vaccination status, but last year said he was "opposed to vaccination".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-59876203Many Australians had previously accused the government of allowing the rich and famous to do as they please while ordinary people remained separated from sick and dying loved ones.
He has been sent packing
Novak Djokovic: Tennis star's father claims his son 'held captive' as entry delayed into Australia
Paul Sakkal
09:44, Jan 06 2022
Novak Djokovic’s father claims Australian authorities were “holding my son captive for five hours’' and demanded the world number one be allowed to enter Melbourne for the Australian Open.
Djokovic’s entry into Australia was in limbo early Thursday morning due to concerns over evidence supporting his vaccine exemption, as well as a potentially erroneous visa application.
The Victorian government claimed that it rejected a late-night request to sponsor the world No. 1’s visa hours before he landed in Melbourne about 11.30pm.
Australia’s 7 Sunrise television news programme reported on Thursday that Djokovic’s father, Srdjan, released a statement to Serbian media demanding his son’s release.
“I have no idea what’s going on, they’re holding my son captive for five hours," the reported statement said. “This is a fight for the libertarian world, not just a fight for Novak, but a fight for the whole world! If they don’t let him go in half an hour, we will gather on the street, this is a fight for everyone.”
The Victorian government claimed that it rejected a late-night request to sponsor the world No. 1’s visa hours before he landed in Melbourne about 11.30pm.
The 20-time grand slam winner, who was granted an exemption to play in this month’s Australian Open, was being quizzed by Australian Border Force officials in a room at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport until at least 1.15am.
A federal government source familiar with the episode said there were question marks about whether Djokovic had adequate documentation to prove the reason for his exemption. This evidence is required to be presented at the border by unvaccinated people.
The source said it was not clear whether a Covid-19 infection in the past six months - which is suspected to be the justification for the player’s exemption – was sufficient to secure entry into Australia under federal guidelines.
In a separate issue that complicated his arrival, acting Victorian Sports Minister Jaala Pulford said Australian Border Force officials contacted the state government hours before Djokovic landed.
The 20-time grand slam winner was attempting to enter the country on a visa that did not permit medical exemptions for being unvaccinated, a source briefed on the matter told The Age and the Herald.
As a result, Pulford said Border Force sought Victorian government support to facilitate Djokovic’s entry. The federal agency asked for the Andrews government’s support because Victoria partners with Tennis Australia in running the event that Djokovic’s visa pertains to. Victorian officials asked the federal authorities to put their request in writing and Pulford said the request to sponsor Djokovic’s visa was rejected.
In the early hours of Thursday morning, a spokeswoman for Border Force rejected Pulford’s claims.
“ABF did not request Victorian government support a visa. ABF reached [out] to the Victorian government to validate their public statements about their support for his entry, and whether Victoria had further information related to his medical exemption documentation,” she said.
The Victorian government’s stance on Djokovic’s visa reflects the anger towards Djokovic among Victorian ministers and senior officials. It also highlights their sensitivity to being seen to assist Djokovic’s bid to play at the Open despite his outspoken vaccine scepticism and non-disclosure of the reason for his exemption.
Border Force officials have the discretion to allow Djokovic into the country despite the Victorian government move.
Acting Sports Minister Jaala Pulford sent a late-night tweet confirming that the Victorian government would not be supporting Djokovic’s visa application.
“The federal government has asked if we will support Novak Djokovic’s visa application to enter Australia. We will not be providing Novak Djokovic with individual visa application support to participate in the 2022 Australian Open Grand Slam,” the tweet said.
Pulford went on to say: “We’ve always been clear on two points: visa approvals are a matter for the federal government, and medical exemptions are a matter for doctors.”
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said earlier on Wednesday in a statement that “any individual seeking to enter Australia must comply with our strict border requirements”.
“While the Victorian government and Tennis Australia may permit a non-vaccinated player to compete in the Australian Open, it is the Commonwealth government that will enforce our requirements at the Australian border,” she said.
Also earlier on Wednesday, the Victorian government and Tennis Australia told Djokovic to explain to the public why he was granted a medical exemption to enter the country without proving his vaccination status.
Tennis Australia confirmed on Wednesday that most of the exemption applications made by players or officials came from individuals who had been infected with coronavirus in the past six months.
The nine-time Australian Open-winning Serbian will become the all-time greatest grand slam winner if he wins at Melbourne Park.
Three high-level sources briefed on Djokovic’s situation, who spoke anonymously because the matter was confidential, said they believed it was highly probable that the exemption was granted for that reason.
Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley, who speaks to Djokovic regularly, informed senior government ministers that Djokovic had not told him why he was eligible for an exemption.
Speaking after a national cabinet meeting on Wednesday afternoon, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Serbian “must provide acceptable proof that he cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons”.
“If that evidence is insufficient, then he won’t be treated any different to anyone else and will be on the next plane home – there should be no special rules for Novak Djokovic,” he said.
Morrison said the decision had been a “matter for the Victorian government”.
“They have provided him with an exemption to come to Australia, and so we then act in accordance with that decision,” he said.
“States provide exemptions for people to enter ... and that’s been happening for the last two years.”
The nine-time Australian Open-winning Serbian, who will become the all-time greatest grand slam winner if he wins at Melbourne Park, revealed via social media on Tuesday night that he had successfully obtained a medical exemption to enter Victoria and posted a photograph of himself at the airport.
News of his exemption was met with widespread public anger, with social media, talkback radio and letters to the editor inundated with criticism of the player, who has refused to publicly disclose his vaccination status throughout the pandemic, and the process by which he was exempted from quarantine.
Two sources said the medical panels that reviewed Djokovic’s application – one created by Tennis Australia and the other by the Victorian Health Department – were unanimous in their conclusions.
Djokovic is among “a handful” of players and officials exempted from being vaccinated against Covid-19 at the upcoming tournament. Tennis Australia said 26 applications had been made for medical exemptions, with the number of those granted not revealed.
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisations issued guidelines in November on the circumstances for a temporary exemption, including stipulating that vaccination can be deferred for a “PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection” in the past six months.
Personal information was redacted when applications were assessed by two independent medical panels, but Tennis Australia’s chief medical officer Carolyn Broderick said on Wednesday that neither her organisation nor government expert panels had tested the veracity of documents provided in applications.
She said any members of the review panels in Australia would not have had direct contact with doctors overseas.
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Well done Oz .
Booooo to whoever offered the dick dead an exemption; but, kudos to whoever pissed all over his cornflakes !
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[Edit] Isn't this the same shower of fucking Politicians who threatened to kill some innocent dogs; because their owners were arseholes' but when dealing with a human; don't have the balls to stand by their official policies ?fishfoodie wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:13 pm+1
Well done Oz .
Booooo to whoever offered the dick dead an exemption; but, kudos to whoever pissed all over his cornflakes !
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I've known a few dead sound Serbs; but they do produce a disturbing amount of total cunts. A legacy of their alignment with Russia I suppose ?
I wish my best mate Pete had survived his battle long enough to see this. He hated NoVax and would have pissed himself with these developments.
I am doing that in Pete's place.
Meanwhile...
Djokovic supporters take to the streets of Melbourne
I am doing that in Pete's place.
Meanwhile...
Djokovic supporters take to the streets of Melbourne
I drink and I forget things.
His dad is a bit of a twat too.
"This is not just a fight for Novak, but a fight for the whole world,"
Exactly. Just like Jos Verstappen, although Max is a bit younger than Novak.
Springboks, Stormers and WP supporter.
If there is something to fuck up, the Aussie government will find a wayfishfoodie wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:18 pm[Edit] Isn't this the same shower of fucking Politicians who threatened to kill some innocent dogs; because their owners were arseholes' but when dealing with a human; don't have the balls to stand by their official policies ?fishfoodie wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:13 pm+1
Well done Oz .
Booooo to whoever offered the dick dead an exemption; but, kudos to whoever pissed all over his cornflakes !
All the money you made will never buy back your soul
Cunts the pair of them!!!
He’s appealing (not in a personality way) the decision. Might be a delaying tactic to muster his supporters in Australia to storm parliament.
“It was a pet, not an animal. It had a name, you don't eat things with names, this is horrific!”
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My understanding is that he tried to bluff Tennis Australia with his "exemption" and assumed he'd sail through the airport but immigration asked for actual proof for the basis of his exemption.
I understand there's other players with genuine exemptions and they will be playing in the open.
If that's the case, then he has nobody to blame but himself.
I agree that Novak and his team are ultimately at fault but also think the fact that TA could be bluffed and didn't have a strict understanding of what the immigration requirements are is bizarre.Uncle fester wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:09 pmMy understanding is that he tried to bluff Tennis Australia with his "exemption" and assumed he'd sail through the airport but immigration asked for actual proof for the basis of his exemption.
I understand there's other players with genuine exemptions and they will be playing in the open.
If that's the case, then he has nobody to blame but himself.
Or how it would go down with Australians. It’s not as if he has hidden his reasons for not being jaggedBlackmac wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:16 pmI agree that Novak and his team are ultimately at fault but also think the fact that TA could be bluffed and didn't have a strict understanding of what the immigration requirements are is bizarre.Uncle fester wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:09 pmMy understanding is that he tried to bluff Tennis Australia with his "exemption" and assumed he'd sail through the airport but immigration asked for actual proof for the basis of his exemption.
I understand there's other players with genuine exemptions and they will be playing in the open.
If that's the case, then he has nobody to blame but himself.
All the money you made will never buy back your soul
If that is the case he should be suspended from the tour. That clearly brings the game into disrepute.Uncle fester wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:09 pmMy understanding is that he tried to bluff Tennis Australia with his "exemption" and assumed he'd sail through the airport but immigration asked for actual proof for the basis of his exemption.
I understand there's other players with genuine exemptions and they will be playing in the open.
If that's the case, then he has nobody to blame but himself.
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And Djokovic’s father says that his son is “the Spartacus of the new world” 
and compares him to Jesus Christ
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Probably like the ESTA online visa where you apply but you still need to comply with the terms of it to be able to gain entry.
Yeah, I started off at PR too, but once 'the usuals' took over it was too hard.
Sounds like Tennis Aus granted him an exemption to play in their tournament, based on the info Novaxx gave them. And based on that info they said a visa would be granted. Border Force said a) we don't grant a visa just because an unvaxxed has had Covid in last 6 months (believe that was Novaxx's lie) and b) Novaxx couldn't provide the documentation for the visa he applied for (which I'm hearing may have been the wrong one).
Now he's got a stay until Monday when the courts will hear his appeal, but experts seem to think he will not win. And on top, he may face a 3 year ban due to filing false information with Border Force.
