Posted on 06/27/2022 5:56:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
WIMBLEDON, England — Novak Djokovic knows that, as things stand now, Wimbledon will be his last Grand Slam tournament of 2022, because he will not be able to play in the U.S. Open — he has not received any COVID-19 shots and can’t enter the United States as an unvaccinated foreigner.
“That,” the 35-year-old from Serbia said Saturday at the All England Club, “is an extra motivation to do well here.”
Djokovic began this season tied with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at 20 major championships, then the record for a man. But Djokovic’s decision not to get vaccinated led to his deportation from Australia before the Australian Open in January — and Nadal wound up winning that tournament to get his 21st.
Nadal then beat Djokovic in the quarterfinals at the French Open en route to earning his 22nd Slam title this month.
When Wimbledon starts on Monday, Djokovic will have the honor of opening play at Centre Court as the defending champion. He is seeded No. 1 and will be bidding for a fourth consecutive title at the All England Club and seventh overall.
“Hopefully I can have a very good tournament, as I have done in the last three editions. Then I’ll just have to wait and see. I would love to go to States. But as of today, that’s not possible,” said Djokovic, who has come down with COVID-19 twice. “There is not much I can do anymore. I mean, it’s really up to the U.S. government to make a decision whether or not they allow unvaccinated people to go into the country.”
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Guess who else gets a get-out-of-vaxx-free card...
“Persons on diplomatic or official foreign government travel”
Gee, wonder if the Harkles are vaxxed...
But we’re allowing millions of illegals to enter...unvaccinated.
He’s smart. Just sit it out til next season and see what happens.
Funny you should ask. An oil company had called me and put me to work, but another company was jealous and used my vet status against me. Work for the last several years now has been terrible. I’m tempted to just go live in the bush heh.
How did they screw you over?
The one E&I company got a hold of a new supe that came over from another acquisition and went around my buddies and said that me being an infantry means that I could snap at any time, and then pushed me out. It was just very underhanded.
I brought back a downed plant from -50 even after backup gens failed. They made sure to tell me my workmanship was great, just being a vet was a liability.
That’s super F’d up.
You could have sued the shit out of them.
It’s Alberta, and a small world, I just carried on. I’m a contractor as well, not employee.
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Good for him. Needs to be careful about what he puts in his body.
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