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Three players drop out of Australian Tennis Open with chest issues while Novak Djokovic awaits his fate
Free West Media ^ | 01/12/2022

Posted on 01/13/2022 6:33:12 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Several fully vaccinated tennis players participating in the Australian Open qualifying rounds have complained about tiredness and breathing problems.

The stakes are high for the organizers who have been keeping tennis star Novak Djokovic as a prisoner according to his parents. The player has won the tournament nine times, including the past three years and is currently tied with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for most major victories of all time, namely 20.

Djokovic has been confined to a small room in a Melbourne hotel since the Australian authorities denied him entrance to the country, overriding his medical exemption. Australia has been living up to its history as a penitentiary with its farcical zero-Covid policy and skyrocketing number of infections.

Djokovic’s visa was cancelled on arrival and 34-year-old Serb is now languishing in a Melbourne immigration detention facility in a bid to prevent his deportation.

Three players drop out

All the tennis players currently participating in the professional tennis tournament have been fully vaccinated. The world number 22 was however seen leaving the court and abandoning his match while clutching his chest with respiratory difficulties in an ATP match. Nikoloz Basilashvili told his team that “every shot I’m out of breath”.

Colin Fleming, a commentator for Stan Sport, described Basilashvili’s symptoms as “very concerning” and added: “If you feel like you can’t take any kind of deep breath at this level and this intensity, that’s an issue.”

Tennis website OpenCourt claimed Basilashvili “may have been recovering from Covid”, but this could not be verified. “[He] told the trainer he had Covid ’10 days ago’,” the outlet said on social media.

His contender Stefanos Tsitsipas instead blamed the heat, not Covid, for Basilashvili dropping out in an interview with Tennis World USA: “Sometimes it’s a bit too hot. You could fry an egg on the court, but we are ready for difficult matches and also the excitement.” Clearly the heat had not bothered other players and some had even welcomed the weather conditions in Melbourne.

Dalila Jakupovic, who was forced to retire from her match after having dropped to the ground, told news outlet The Western Australian: “I was really scared that I would collapse. That’s why I went onto the floor because I couldn’t walk anymore. I don’t have asthma and never had breathing problems. I actually like heat. The physio came again and I thought it would be better. But the points were a bit longer and I just couldn’t breathe anymore and I just fell on the floor.”

Nick Kyrgios, the world’ number 93 player suffered breathing difficulties in the morning and pulled out of the match six hours before he was meant to play.

Bernard Tomic also had to take medical time out after complaining of breathing difficulties during the early stages of the second set, but he managed to soldier on. “No air is going in. I’m getting tired so easy,” Tomic was heard telling medical staff. “Is anyone else complaining today?” he wanted to know. “No, it’s been okay,” said the medic.

The panicked organizers of the Australian Open now blame the poor “air quality” which appears to be targeting only some players. Melbourne’s air quality is ranked as “good” by international standards.

Breathing difficulties’ plague the vaccinated

There were no “air quality” issues for the soccer player from a Qatari club who collapsed during a game on Saturday as a result of a heart attack, according to his club. Footage from the match between Al Wakra and Al Rayyan clubs shows player Othman Coulibaly falling to the ground and starting to convulse. He previously played for Panathinaikos.

The Qatar Stars League, Qatar’s national football league, said in a statement that Coulibaly has suffered a heart attack and is receiving medical care. The match was suspended and will resume at a later date.

This is yet another example of a top athlete collapsing on the field. The 25-year-old Marcos Menaldo from Guatemala died a few days ago during training. The fully vaccinated player had complained of breathing problems.

Security meanwhile found American comedy star Bob Saget’s lifeless body in a room at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Orlando, Florida. Saget had recently confirmed that he had been boosted.


TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: australia; australiaopen; djokovic; safelydefective; showsitsworking; tennis; tennisplayers; vaccine; vaccines
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1 posted on 01/13/2022 6:33:12 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

This is rich.


2 posted on 01/13/2022 6:35:02 AM PST by Captain Walker ("The side that has Truth gets Humor as a bonus.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Heart problems.........


3 posted on 01/13/2022 6:36:28 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: SeekAndFind

Safe and Effective, now get on the damned Train already


4 posted on 01/13/2022 6:40:22 AM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: SeekAndFind

Communism sucks


5 posted on 01/13/2022 6:43:44 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Free Djokovic!


6 posted on 01/13/2022 6:46:32 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( "The media is the enemy of the American people." Democrat Pat Caddell.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Whatever could it be?


7 posted on 01/13/2022 6:47:04 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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To: SeekAndFind
At this rate, pureblood athletes will be winning by default; they won't be allowed in to the event but the injected won't be healthy enough to play.

Injektion Macht Frei

8 posted on 01/13/2022 6:47:39 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Captain Walker

It’s evil.

Deep State’s worldwide have blood on their hands.


9 posted on 01/13/2022 6:49:07 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: mewzilla

Deep States...

And we will not comply our way out of this.


10 posted on 01/13/2022 6:49:40 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Wait until Olympians start dropping like flies...


11 posted on 01/13/2022 6:49:59 AM PST by G Larry (The "Racism" charge is code for "No Intelligent Argument")
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To: SeekAndFind

Country is in lockdown and they are hosting a tournament. That’s just as bad as the Olympics. Just reschedule.


12 posted on 01/13/2022 6:51:27 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (If you are vaccinated, you cannot get COVID from someone who is not vaccinated. Lighted up Karen!)
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To: SeekAndFind

https://twitter.com/AltitudeChaz/status/1481472508565942274

one of them is shown in this video of sports people collapsing


13 posted on 01/13/2022 6:51:36 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: SeekAndFind

and meanwhile, the supreme court will soon decide if millions of Americans will be forced to choose between jobs or jabs.


14 posted on 01/13/2022 6:59:26 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: SeekAndFind

Move along. Nothing to see here.


15 posted on 01/13/2022 7:01:01 AM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: SeekAndFind

You have the number one player in the world in jail over a flu bug and they still want to have an Olympics?


16 posted on 01/13/2022 7:04:02 AM PST by bray (The Vax is fake)
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To: SeekAndFind

I am seeing this morning that a bullpen catcher for Tampa Bay Rays, age 28, died. I wonder if he just got vaxxed?


17 posted on 01/13/2022 7:05:18 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: Pollard

I wonder if they have immunity..

If they say someone has to get the jab to keep their job and they get it and die

Can a person sue the court justices that voted yes?


18 posted on 01/13/2022 7:08:42 AM PST by cableguymn
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To: SeekAndFind; gas_dr

Ping!


19 posted on 01/13/2022 7:09:03 AM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SeekAndFind

“I’m having chest pains!”

Now I understand what he was really saying in this ‘80s tv commercial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQlpDiXPZHQ&ab_channel=hauntedgeorge


20 posted on 01/13/2022 7:10:50 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide
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