Australian Open, Djokovic gives his version and admits the “mistakes”: “About Covid? Misinformation”. But he asks to play
The number one in world tennis Novak Djokovic he dismissed “misinformation” about his public outings in Serbia despite a positive Covid test, and admitted attending events while awaiting the outcome of the Covid test. Djokovic, who described the allegations as “very painful” for his family, said on Instagram that he only learned of the December 16 test result the next day after attending a youth tennis event.
Djokovic admits: “Interview and photos while I was positive, a mistake in judgment”
The Serbian tennis player admitted to having committed “human errors“in the documents to enter Australia and participate in an interview with a sports media after learning his positivity at Covid.” I felt obliged to go to the interview with L’Equipe in order not to leave the journalist stranded, but I kept a safety distance and a mask all the time, except during photos. When I got home, I isolated myself and thought about it.
I made a mistake in judgment and I admit that I should have postponed the appointment “, declared the athlete. Djokovic assures that he underwent a test on December 16 to detect Covid-19, of which he learned the result the next day and after attending a youth tennis event, while the interview was on the 18th. For its part, the Australian government continues to consider the possible cancellation of the visa and the subsequent expulsion of the world champion.
Djokovic apologizes for misrepresentation about his travels
Regarding the statements on the entry form to Australia, that he did not travel in the 14 days before his arrival on January 6 in Australia, denied by the images on the social networks in which Djokovic is in Belgrade on Christmas day and then in Marbella in Spain on January 2, the world champion tennis player admits “human error” by his staff and apologizes. “This documentation was submitted by my team and my agent sincerely apologizes for the administrative error in ticking the wrong box on my trip prior to arriving in Australia. This was a human error and certainly not intentional. We live in times. difficult in a global pandemic and these errors can sometimes occur. “
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