other reports say announcement will be made at 3pm Melbourne time, when the Australia Open Draw is to be announced.
meanwhile, neither Djokovic nor Voracova are COVID POSITIVE (the WTA Czech player deported and banned from re-entering Australia for 3 years over her medical exemption - who was targeted after criticism that Djokovic was being unfairly singled out given Tennis Australia boss said a “handful” of players/and or their teams were exempted).
other players who got medical exemptions have still not been outed.
YET none of the following were detained in quarantine hotels nor threatened with deportation:
26 Dec: Tennis.com: DENIS SHAPOVALOV TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 UPON ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA
The Canadian’s news follows Rafael Nadal, Belinda Bencic and others who also tested positive in Abu Dhabi.
By Kamakshi Tandon
The Australian Open is bracing for more player positives following Denis Shapovalov’s announcement that he had tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Sydney, but organizers say competitors can complete isolation requirements in time to play the Grand Slam event.
Shapovalov is among several pros to have tested positive since appearing at the exhibition event in Abu Dhabi, including Rafael Nadal, Belinda Bencic and Ons Jabeur. Nadal’s coach Carlos Moya has also tested positive, as had Emma Raducanu prior to the event.
Most of the total of 3,300 players, team members and personnel will arrive for the Australian swing in the next few days on specially chartered flights. All are required to have been vaccinated ***OR RECEIVED A MEDICAL EXEMPTION, which Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley said this week HAS BEEN GIVEN ONLY TO VERY FEW IN THIS GROUP***...
https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/denis-shapovalov-tests-positive-for-covid-19-upon-arrival-in-australia
since then, Australian player, Nick Kyrgios, has tested positive. can’t even recall if there are more.
13 Jan: UK Telegraph: Renata Voracova reveals she was told to undress during questioning by Australian border force officials
by Fiona Tomas
Renata Voracova, the Czech player who was deported from Australia because of her Covid vaccination status, has revealed she was ordered to undress during her lengthy interrogation by border force officials.
Doubles specialist Voracova was detained in Melbourne on the same visa grounds as Novak Djokovic last week, having initially been permitted to enter the country after being granted a medical exemption to compete at the Australian Open.
But she was detained in Melbourne last Friday before having her visa revoked and was subsequently deported from the country, despite having already played in a warm-up tournament in Melbourne...
“It was as if I were watching a film - a long interrogation with instructions such as ‘undress, get dressed’. Yuck, I don’t even want to think about it, let alone live it again,” Voracova told Russian newspaper Denik, adding that she burst into tears during questioning which lasted up to six hours.
Voracova has vowed to demand compensation from Tennis Australia, including the 60,000 Czech crowns (£2,000) she spent on her flight for herself and her coach to Australia.
“And then there is all that time, hotels, training for the grand slam, the potential prize money,” added Voracova...
Speaking about her ordeal with BBC Russian, Voracova insisted she had intended to be vaccinated against Covid but suffered medical complications after contracting the virus, which prevented her getting the jab.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/renata-voracova-reveals-she-was-told-to-undress-during-questioning-by-australian-border-force-officials/ar-AASHXsX?ocid=uxbndlbing
11 Jan: Rumble: 51m: Tennys Sandgren on His Refusal to Play in Australia, Vaccine Mandates and the Djokovic controversy
by Glenn Greenwald
The American tennis player Tennys Sandgren has earned much of his career success in Australia. But this year he chose to stay at home, in protest of its vaccine mandates. I spoke to him about why he made such a self-sacrificing decision in defense of this principle, the Novak Djokovic controversy, and vaccine mandates generally.
https://rumble.com/vseldr-interview-with-tennis-player-tennys-sandgren-on-vaccine-mandates-djokovics-.html
Is there an appeal?
Oz is, apparently, worse than their parent country.
Wonder if there will be a straw that breaks the camel's back or are they all sheep?
Just cancel the tournament marred irreparably by Australian politics, incompetence, and sheer evil, withdraw Open status permanently, and place an embargo on the island continent.
“It was as if I were watching a film - a long interrogation with instructions such as ‘undress, get dressed’. Yuck, I don’t even want to think about it, let alone live it again,” Voracova told Russian newspaper Denik, adding that she burst into tears during questioning which lasted up to six hours.
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F’n police state.
Winning the Australian Semi-Open will be like finding a prize in your Cracker Jacks.