By Tony O’Reilly-
Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic has re-iterated his stanc eon vaccination, saying that he is against vaccination.
The tennis star made headlines at the Australian Open in January after first receiving a medical exemption to play, but then being deported by the government following a legal battle.
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“Personally I’m opposed to vaccination and I wouldn’t want to be forced by someone to take a vaccine in order to be able to travel,” Djokovic insisted.
“I know some people that, through energetic transformation, through the power of prayer, through the power of gratitude, they managed to turn the most toxic food, or maybe most polluted water into the most healing water.
“Scientists have proven that in (an) experiment, that molecules in the water react to our emotions to what has been said.”
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The Serbian tennis superstar currently sits joint second with Roger Federer behind Rafael Nadal in the all-time Grand Slam victory table, needing just one more, a 21st title, to draw level.
However, in a BBC interview, Djokovic stated he was not willing to become the most decorated Grand Slam winner in the history of the sport, if it meant not sticking to his principles of free choice and not having the life-saving Covid vaccine.
.The 2022 French Open will officially get underway after qualifying on May 22 and as it stands, the Serb will be able to defend his crown.
Nadal suffered a stress fracture to his rib losing the final at Indian Wells to Taylor Fritz on March 20 and had to miss the clay-court events in Monte Carlo and Barcelona. He has never arrived in Roland Garros playing so few matches on his favourite surface. “Unfortunately here I didn’t have the preparation that I would like, and unfortunately that rib fracture stop a little bit the great moment that I was having since the season started,” said the Mallorcan.
“But in the sport, things can change quickly, and the only thing that I can do is try to be ready if that change happens. You never know what can happen in the next couple of days. Same happened in Australia, and I put myself in a position to have a chance.
“And here is no different. In the case that that can happen, yes, difficult, yes too, but only thing I have to do is believe in my chances, believe in my daily work, and then stay positive and believe in my real chances.” Nadal has only ever lost three matches at Roland Garros but is on collision course to face world No 1 Novak Djokovic in the quarters here – and then possibly Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz in the last four.
”What happened in Rome is something that happened very often in my practices, no? But yeah, I was, yeah, suffering after that for a couple of days, but I feel better, no? That’s why I’m here. The pain is always there. It’s not about to disappear now. It’s about if the pain is high and strong enough to allow me to play with real chances or not.“It is something that I live every day so it is nothing new for me and is not a big surprise. So I am here just to play tennis and to try to make the best result possible here in Roland Garros, no? And if I don’t believe that this thing can happen, probably I will not be here.”
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