Why is Novak Djokovic keeping his vaccination status a secret?
The Australian Open officials confirmed that a very modest proportion of players and officials would be given medical exemption to enter Melbourne Park unvaccinated, boosting hopes that Djokovic could compete in the opening major of the year without revealing his COVID-19 vaccination status.
World No.1 seed Novak Djokovic may well be given medical exemption to compete in the Australian Open, which is scheduled to start on January 17, even though tournament director Craig Tiley did not shed light on any development with regards to the Serbian’s participation.
Earlier, the Australian Open planners had said that no health exemptions would be granted to players unless there was a legitimate reason.
But a few days back, Tiley conceded that some people would be granted an exemption. “The good thing is that everyone [coming to Melbourne Park) is vaccinated,” said Tiley. “Everyone who is coming in is vaccinated and there will be a small percentage that will have a medical exemption.”
The funny fact about this entire debate on Novak Djokovic’s vaccination status is that no one really knows if he has been vaccinated or not. The Serb has decided to keep that part a big secret. There is a 50% chance that he has been vaccinated already. That being the case, then why is he keeping it a secret?
Tiley also said he was positive that Rafael Nadal will recover in time and will play in Melbourne despite testing positive for COVID-19.
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