Djokovic, the US Open - "Thrown back 15 steps"
Novak Djokovic is the focus of criticism after the Corona disaster on the Adriatic tour. In any case, the world number one has been controversial for some time because of his collaboration with a self-proclaimed ghost healer.
by SID
last edit: Jun 24, 2020, 01:25 pm
Tennys Sandgren, the man with the remarkable first name, had made fun of industry leader Novak Djokovic's positive Corona test. "If Nole is negative, I will discuss my water with positive vibrations from now on," wrote the US tennis professional on social media. A clear swipe at Djokovic, which has been viewed a bit crooked for some time since his publicly displayed collaboration with a self-proclaimed ghost healer and water spokesman.
Now, as is well known, he also got caught, after his distance-free and torso-free spectacle called Adria Tour, the long unteachable Djokovic is the focus of criticism. "What now, US Open? Roland Garros?" Asked the nine-time Wimbledon individual winner Martina Navratilova via Twitter, thereby asking what is probably the most discussed question: Does the Corona disaster surrounding the Adriatic tour affect the further course of the tennis year 2020?
USTA want to tighten hygiene rules
No, says Patrick Galbraith, President of the USTA USTA: "We will revise and tighten our safety concept and hygiene rules so that we can guarantee that everyone is safe with us." But how and how can you guarantee that at a time when "traveling to New York alone is a risk", as Naomi Osaka, the world number ten, put it.
Novak Djokovic, whose latest nickname on the web is "Djocovid" or "Djerkovic", may currently only be marginally interested in all of this. With wordy apologies, the world number one tried to express his dismay at the course of events: it did him Infinitely sorry, and he could only hope that all infected people would recover as soon as possible, he said.
Kyrgios no longer the bad boy?
For the Australian Nick Kyrgios, this regret comes too late: "What he did was really the cherry on the cake. I'm always called a bad boy, but seriously, people: What is Novak then?" The well-known US coach Paul Annacone, long-time coach of the former number one Pete Sampras, has great doubts about the scheduled execution of the next tournaments: "This disaster has taken us 15 steps back on the way to normal."
Djokovic seemed to have moved a bit away from the normality of a normal tennis routine. In an Instagram live conversation with the esoteric Chervin Jafarieh, he recently irritated with obscure statements: "I know some people who make it through energetic conversion, through the power of prayer, through the power of gratitude, the most toxic food or that to transform the most polluted into the most healing water. " This was not well received by everyone.
Dimitrov identified as guilty - by father Djokovic
One can also expect questionable statements from Srdjan Djokovic, Novak's father, at any time. " Grigor Dimitrov is to blame for the whole disaster," he rumbled in a TV interview: "He was extremely damaging to relations between Serbia and Croatia."
The Bulgarian Dimitrov was the first to announce his infection with the coronavirus after taking the Adriatic tour. Dimitrov was not only tested during the tour in Zadar, but somewhere else beforehand, "said Djokovic senior:" He got sick, he also knows where, and now he has caused great damage to our country and our family. "
It is probably time again that mother Dijana Djokovic lowers her cross in the Don river to get her family out of trouble. In the past year, that finally helped to lead the son to victory in the almost lost Wimbledon final against Roger Federer. Anyway, she says.