SERENA W/draws From AO22

[Grossefavourite]

Tennis great Serena Williams officially removed her name from the Australian Open entry list.

“Following the advice of my medical team, I have decided to withdraw from this year’s Australian Open. While this is not an easy decision to make I am not where I need to be physically to compete. Melbourne is one of my favorite cities to visit and I look forward to playing at the AO every year. I will miss seeing the fans but I am excited to return and compete at my highest level.”

[Grossefavourite]

Novak is in so I guess he's vaccinated?

[Grossefavourite]

Players testing positive:

Nadal (Severe, hospitalization considered)
Bencic (Severe)
Raducanu
Jabeur
Alcaraz

[Grossefavourite]

Australian Open organisers are still unsure if defending men's champion Novak Djokovic will play at next month's Grand Slam.

Serbia's Djokovic, 34, has not spoken publicly about his vaccination status.

All players and staff at the Australian Open must be vaccinated or have a medical exemption granted by an independent panel of experts.

"If Novak shows up, he'll be vaccinated or have a medical exemption," said tournament director Craig Tiley.

However, Tiley is confident Spain's Rafael Nadal will be there despite testing positive for Covid-19 this week.

The Australian Open starts in Melbourne on 17 January, with players starting to arrive in the country over the next week for warm-up events.

Djokovic, who would be going for a record 21st men's Grand Slam title and 10th Australian Open title, is down on the entry list.

He is also named in the field to play for Serbia in the ATP Cup, which starts in Sydney on 1 January.

Tiley said "a small percentage" of unvaccinated players and staff would be granted medical exemptions. He said he was not aware of any players informing organisers they had an exemption.

[Joylan1]

Lots of pullouts for the AO. I wonder how many are really pulling out over the vaccine and quarantine policy.

[Grossefavourite]

Novak denied exemption, expected to w/draw.

[Grossefavourite]

Pavly tests positive.

[Graveller]

Novak received medical exemption.

If karma is a real thing, he should become positive duration the event and infect half of the field, ruining the slam.
When it comes to setting a bad example, it will be hard to beat the Aussies in 2022.

[Joylan1]

No karma, just another example of what a farce the whole virus scam is. Profit, profit, profit.

The medical community making big money while others loose their lively hoods.

[Graveller]

Profit, profit, profit.

The medical community making big money while others loose their lively hoods.

Has your account been hacked? You became a socialist?

I could have sworn you voted Republican.