TENNIS Tennis

[Super Freak]

What's going on with Barty?

Since she won Wimbledon, she hasn't been anywhere near her best. She blew a 3 game lead against Shelby Rogers who is ranked 43rd and has been knocked out in just the 3rd Round of the US Open.

Her Olympic campaign was also quite average by her standards.

 

[winslow_wong]

What's going on with Barty?

Since she won Wimbledon, she hasn't been anywhere near her best.

Apparently she hasn’t been home since February and is managing recovery and injuries on the road. Maybe she’s just running out of gas.

 

[Dash]

What's going on with Barty?

Since she won Wimbledon, she hasn't been anywhere near her best. She blew a 3 game lead against Shelby Rogers who is ranked 43rd and has been knocked out in just the 3rd Round of the US Open.

Her Olympic campaign was also quite average by her standards.

Even in the Wimbledon final she played pretty shit. The other girl happened to be worse.

She has moments in matches where she couldn't hit the ball over the net if her life depended on it. 9 times out of 10 she recovers (and plays brilliantly for the rest of the match), but the 10th time is the one that costs her grand slams.

 

[Allo]

She's only lost 8 matches all season (42 wins from 50), won 5 titles this year including Cincinnati just last week, has been on tour since after the Aus Open (as WW said above) and will be number one in the world for the third year in a row despite not playing after the Qatar Open in Feb 2020 and only starting back up at Yarra in Jan/Feb 21

I don't think it's panic stations just yet

 

[Sproj]

She’s been carrying a bad injury for months plus she isn’t the strongest in pressure moments to begin with.

 

[Allo]

Medvedev denies Djokovic a Grand Slam in straight sets

You hate to see it ….

Meanwhile Alcott completes his Golden Slam. What a legend

 

[Sproj]

Djokovic loses! No grand slam for him but Alcott pulled off the golden slam, well done mate!

 

[Foordy]

Novak Djokovic has had his visa cancelled and will be deported as soon as tonight.

He was unable to provide the evidence of the medical exemption to vaccination that he claimed he had, so has been denied entry by the ABF

 

[Foordy]

Further to the Djokovic saga, and it sounds like the Victorian Government wanted to pull of a Palachook style exemption but weren't successful.

his lawyers are reportedly preparing to challenge the ruling in court





Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has confirmed the visa cancellation following “overview of the exemption provided by the Victorian government process”.

Greg Hunt says:

“Essentially, (Border Force) reviewed the exemption process and the material and made requests of Victoria as to whether or not Victoria could validate what they provided, and neither Victoria nor Mr Djokovic could, and so one rule for all, we’ve been very clear, very strong on that,” he told ABC.

“The ABF can confirm Mr Djokovic failed to provide appropriate evidence to meet the entry requirements to Australia, and the visa has been subsequently cancelled.

“That’s been a clear policy of the government to make sure that everybody’s treated equally.“

“Australians in so many cases have to show their own vaccination status in order to enter cafes or other things. It’s not unreasonable that other people have to provide equivalent evidence.

“It is a matter for him whether he wishes to appeal that. But if a visa is cancelled somebody will have to leave the country.”


Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says:

“The Morrison Government makes no apologies for our strong border protection arrangements. Australians know we will uphold the integrity of our border,” Ms Andrews said.

“Every single person seeking to enter Australia must comply with our strict border requirements – no one gets special treatment. Individuals who do not meet our strict requirements will be denied entry to Australia, it doesn’t matter who they are.”


and the whinging has started

anti-vax tennis player Tennys Sandgren says

“That’s wild,”

“It seemed like he cleared all the hurdles, but this is all pretty astonishing.

“This is sport, he’s come to play tennis, but this is something else entirely.

“Everyone is asking what are the reasons and what is the hold up at this point.”


Novak's father Srdjan says:

“Novak is currently in a room which no one can enter,” Srdjan Djokovic, told the B92 internet portal. “In front of the room are two policemen.

“I have no idea what is going on.

“They are holding my son captive. If they don’t release him in the next half an hour, we will gather on the street, this is a fight for everyone.”


Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic says:

“Our authorities are doing everything to see that the harassment of the world’s best tennis player is brought to an end immediately.’

 

[Mr Fourex]

“They are holding my son captive. If they don’t release him in the next half an hour, we will gather on the street, this is a fight for everyone.”

 

[Nashy]

 

[Foordy]

Djokovc gets to stay in Australia ... for now

he has his appeal lodged in the Federal Circuit and Family Court.

It was set for 4pm but judge Anthony Kelly said he did not have an application from Djokovic against the ABF’s decision to cancel his visa.

the case was then adjourned until 6pm before later being delayed until Monday morning at 10am, with Djokovic’s camp still not ready to face the judge.

 

[Foordy]

Surely the CEO of Tennis Australia (Craig Tiley) is a dead man walking. his position is definietly untenable after what has been leaked.

a week after the Federal Government sent him a letter, detail the requirements to enter Australia (including that previously contracting COVID was not a legitimate reason to get an exemption), TA has sent a letter to the ATP with the wrong information about how players could play in the Australian Open without a vaccination.

the letter states that:

• a player first needed an overseas medical exemption certificate to enter Australia, then a second exemption to play in the tournament.
• A second exemption that had to be signed off by an independent Australian medical practitioner or panel of expert medical personnel

The document to the ATP also contained what it said was an outline of valid reasons for a temporary medical exemption, including the following (which differed from what TA were told by the feds):

Recent PCR-confirmed COVID-19 infection (after 31 July 2021), where vaccination can be deferred until six months after the infection.”

“If you fall into this category, please provide laboratory PCR result from the first positive test, antibody levels if available and evidence of any previous or subsequent vaccinations if relevant,” the letter said.

“The current ATAGI guidance for those who have had a recent COVID infection is to be vaccinated once you have recovered from the acute illness.

“It may also assist the independent panel if you can provide a letter from your doctor or public health authority as to why you have not received a full dose of an approved vaccination following COVID-19 infection.”

finally TA tried to hedge their bets in case their misleading of the players were caught out with the document claiming that the information was all correct and claiming they were seeking clarification from the Federal Government (and Victorian health officials), even though they had received the clarification 9 days earlier.

here is the note in the correspondence:

“As you are aware we have been urgently seeking clarification from Australian Federal and State public health authorities around the assessment of medical exemptions as they relate to the AO (Australian Open),” the document said.

“Specifically, we have sought urgent clarification in relation to: what will be accepted as proof of a valid medical exemption; and the position with respect to persons who have previously had Covid-19 in the past six months.

“We have now received further information and are in a position to expand on the advice we previously provided.”

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IMO, both the Victorian Government and Federal Government made a mistake ... but what TA did was deliberate and underhanded.

The Victorian Government who set up the medical panel should have sought clarification to the rules themselves from either the ABF or their Federal counterparts

The Federal government should have made sure their correspondence was also sent to the Victorian Government. rather than rely on the integrity of TA

 

[Nashy]

Surely the CEO of Tennis Australia (Craig Tiley) is a dead man walking. his position is definietly untenable after what has been leaked.

a week after the Federal Government sent him a letter, detail the requirements to enter Australia (including that previously contracting COVID was not a legitimate reason to get an exemption), TA has sent a letter to the ATP with the wrong information about how players could play in the Australian Open without a vaccination.

the letter states that:

• a player first needed an overseas medical exemption certificate to enter Australia, then a second exemption to play in the tournament.
• A second exemption that had to be signed off by an independent Australian medical practitioner or panel of expert medical personnel

The document to the ATP also contained what it said was an outline of valid reasons for a temporary medical exemption, including the following (which differed from what TA were told by the feds):

Recent PCR-confirmed COVID-19 infection (after 31 July 2021), where vaccination can be deferred until six months after the infection.”

“If you fall into this category, please provide laboratory PCR result from the first positive test, antibody levels if available and evidence of any previous or subsequent vaccinations if relevant,” the letter said.

“The current ATAGI guidance for those who have had a recent COVID infection is to be vaccinated once you have recovered from the acute illness.

“It may also assist the independent panel if you can provide a letter from your doctor or public health authority as to why you have not received a full dose of an approved vaccination following COVID-19 infection.”

finally TA tried to hedge their bets in case their misleading of the players were caught out with the document claiming that the information was all correct and claiming they were seeking clarification from the Federal Government (and Victorian health officials), even though they had received the clarification 9 days earlier.

here is the note in the correspondence:

“As you are aware we have been urgently seeking clarification from Australian Federal and State public health authorities around the assessment of medical exemptions as they relate to the AO (Australian Open),” the document said.

“Specifically, we have sought urgent clarification in relation to: what will be accepted as proof of a valid medical exemption; and the position with respect to persons who have previously had Covid-19 in the past six months.

“We have now received further information and are in a position to expand on the advice we previously provided.”

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IMO, both the Victorian Government and Federal Government made a mistake ... but what TA did was deliberate and underhanded.

The Victorian Government who set up the medical panel should have sought clarification to the rules themselves from either the ABF or their Federal counterparts

The Federal government should have made sure their correspondence was also sent to the Victorian Government. rather than rely on the integrity of TA

I don't see how either government did anything wrong.

Victoria said he could play at an event.

ABF upheld federal law.

 

[Mr Fourex]

 

[Bull Shark]

Craig Tiley fronts media to explain his role in the Djokovic saga..

 

[Mr Fourex]

It's starting to sound like one of Scomo's team said she'll be right mate to Djokovic in an email?

Then Scotty backflipped......

Kinda explains why he actually flew here in the 1st place.......being unvaccinated.

Heh heh heh heh ........the hate he must feel for us would be strong.

 

[Foordy]

It's starting to sound like one of Scomo's team said she'll be right mate to Djokovic in an email?

Then Scotty backflipped......

Kinda explains why he actually flew here in the 1st place.......being unvaccinated.

Heh heh heh heh ........the hate he must feel for us would be strong.

that's what he's saying.

theres also reports of him testing positive for COVID on December 16 ... and photo's of him a an event shaking peoples hands while unmasked on December 17 (photo's from his own instagram account).

i don't know what the truth is ... but he wouldn't be the first guy to go into court and try to shift the blame to someone else