Tennis: Novak Djokovic dives

Novak Djokovic is back in Serbia — but for the prelude of the Australian Open he was still present as a top of the conversation.

After the turbulent days in the bright spotlight Novak Djokovic disappeared unnoticed by a page output. Hardly, the deep-fallen tennis hero landed at the Nikola Tesla airport in Serbia's capital Belgrade, he was already flying past the waiting reporters. But even only a few fans who had posted with flags and spelling straps in front of the terminal, they did not face their dear darling.

On the first day of the Australia Open in Melbourne, Meanwhile, great relief prevailed that after the expulsion of the world ranking memorial, the focus is on the sport rather than paragraphs. I'm pretty much sick, said Rafael Naval asked for the Djokovic saga, who had overlaid the entire sporty happening on Monday before the tournament start. The topic have so annoyed at some point, Andrea Petrovich said after her defeat in the first round.

Of course, the topic will not disappear so fast, because for Djokovic another problem has arisen. As the news agency AFP reported on Monday, citing government circles, all athletes who want to attend competitions in France must be vaccinated in the future. Sports Minister Roxana Maracineeanu had declared last week, for events like the French Open could apply exceptions, now the opposite seems possible.

At least it is clear what happens, Olympic champion Alexander Zeal said on Monday in Melbourne, when he was addressed to developments in France: Then there will not be the mistakes that happened here.

The moral support of his compatriots can continue to be sure Djokovic in the meantime. Miiiiiir Kecmanovic, against which the reported number one would have played on Monday in the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, emphasized: he and all other Serbs in the tournament have now made himself, to do everything to avenue Djokovic and Proud him close. Kecmanovic did a first step by defeating Salvatore Caruso 6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 1.

Djokovic was already on the way to home. With a mask on the face, two pockets in the hands and still big disappointment in the clothes was the 34-year Serve first climbed from the plane at the stopover in Dubai and then continued. He wants to find peace in Belgrade, the struggle for the trophy, which he has won nine times, he must, so he wants to watch this, after his expulsion, to watch a distant way.

Australian Open: Boris Becker fears Thread Taste

Boris Becker claims that, therefore, the new tournament winner may have a thread taste because he does not have to beat the best, so clear, he supplemented at Eurosport, you have to see that, because: the upper part of the tournament tableau is now Significantly weaker. Becker stands near Djokovic as his ex-coach, but also says, We should focus on the players who are there. How Rafael Naval said correctly, no player is greater than the tournament.

Naval added on Monday, justice have sailed, but Djokovic was not the only guilty of the chaos, which superimposed the Australian Open before the prelude. Far less emotionally, the former world ranking Naomi Osaka commented on her smooth 6: 3, 6: 3-round victory against the Colombian Camila Osorio. I did not look too often the news, said the 24-year-old unmoved.

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For Djokovic, there is always a shimmer of hope for his future with the Australian Open. After the addition of the visa, in the current three years, he is not likely to enter the coming three years, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a radio interview: Under the right circumstances is an earlier return, this would then be given time are considered.