US OPEN 2021

draws out, last day of qualifying today

murray v tsitsy rd 1, fwiw

novak going for calendar grand slam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Singles
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— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) August 26, 2021

giorgi/halep is p high quality for rd 1; giorgi just saved a few match pts

murray is up 2 sets to 1 on tsitsy rn

unbelievably, he actually could have won this match in straights he had some set point chances during the 2nd set tiebreak

even if he loses, this is a great performance for murrays legacy

stef is playing *good* now

murray has chirped this whole set abt stef's long bathroom break btwn sets

i havent done the math but there have seemingly been A LOT of first round five-setters already

I just watched the end of Seppi-Fuscovics - 15-13 5th set t/b. There was something like a 36-stroke rally in the midst of it too.

is holger rune up to give novak a match? hes down a set but up 3-0 in the second

he had to qualify and prior to coming stateside he won back to back clay challengers

wow, rune

one set all. this kid is just 18 years old

hes playing well

too bad to cramp like that tho honestly rune wouldve maybe got 2-3 more games the last two sets if at full health

for sure. i've always been generally lukewarm on djokovic but i definitely admire how he handled this game

the ny crowd in general is not going to be rooting for him to complete the grand slam imo & i don't blame them @ all

feel like i remember a thing 15 years ago where novak playfully imitated several players' serving routines and was spot-on -- and it didn't seem mean (at the time, at least)

but now . . . i mean he's impressive as hell, but also fuck that guy irreparably

13 u.s. men into the 2nd round, most since '94 they said. and not one of them named isner. woohoo!

our long national nightmare is over

tiafoe after his win today was asked his thoughts abt his next match vs rublev and said “im coming for him” ~ that should be a fun matchup

https://photo-assets.usopen.org/images/pics/large/f_20210901_USO_Day3_AO2_6452.jpg

Botic Van de Zandschulp eyes the ball in his second-round win.

roof closed on louis armstrong diego/kevin anderson match and there is still a rain delay due to wind-blown rain

great 3rd set btwn anisimova/plishkova

plish had 11 aces & 17 winners in the 3rd set and its still going to tiebreak

this match is amazing

not shocked that alcaraz has stef in a 5th set rn, carlos looked ready honestly for this type of effort

now laylah fernandez takes out osaka, cant say i saw that coming lol

crazy/terrific 1st 3 rounds of this tournament

good set

Extraordinary first Friday. One of Gojowczyk/FAA/Tiafoe/Alcaraz will be a semifinalist. Evans will likely go no further but that was a clutch t/b.

so many 5 setters, most recently brooksby from 2-1 down takes out karatsev & into the 4th round to meet novak

I played 2 very long sets today and the idea of playing 5 sets at this level is just insane

barty upset by shelby rogers

that was super fun

sack jock amirite

left the house with barty up 5-2 in the third, didn't even occur to me that rogers might have come back

On Saturday afternoon, Sloane Stephens detailed the horrific racist abuse, sexist abuse and threats she received on social media, likely from bettors, after her tight loss to the former world No 1 Angelique Kerber on Friday. Stephens said she received over two thousand messages of abuse and she posted screenshots of the threats she received.

“This type of hate is so exhausting and never ending,” she said. “This isn’t talked about enough, but it really freaking sucks. I’m happy to have people in my corner who support me. I’m choosing positive vibes over negative ones. I choose to show you guys happiness on here, but it’s not always smiles and roses.”

leylah fernandez played a great match

tiafoe/faa is going to have so many fun rallies/highlights

tiafoe is an inspiration to “world class perspirers” everywhere

this is not a great match

agree didnt live up to what i hoped itd be

only saw this highlight today

Lloyd Glasspool here with the shot of the tournament perhaps. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/xi2cdITnV6

— Lee S (@underarm_ace) September 2, 2021

i did not know you could do that

brooksby 6-1, ok

i like sakkari

Glasspool: I guess that's the only legitimate way to win that point? ITF Rule 25b: as long as you don't touch the net or step on your opponent's court, you can play a ball that's bounced on your side and is now about to bounce a second time on your opponent's side, including reaching over the net or, in this case, running around the net post. You obv can't intercept a ball that has yet to bounce or clear the plane of the net.

Sakkari-Andreescu was about 2:15am, same as Tiafoe-Rublev? There have some really extraordinary battles in this event, it would be a shame if the men's singles just went the same way as always. Bottom-half champ, please. People over here getting justifiably excited about Raducanu, but Bencic will be the first top-30 player she's ever played, even though this is her 12th Slam match of the summer (main draw + q). She got a bit lucky with Jenn Brady's withdrawal in R1 (playing a lucky loser instead). She's definitely future elite-level, this summer has just accelerated that. (Just hope she's ok with all the attention).

Raducanu about to serve for the 1st set against Bencic

Got it. No problem

the kids are all right

raducanu cool as a cucumber out there.

77 min 1st set goes to matteo

to the surprise of no one djokovic dominates the second 6-2

yikes djokovic is not fucking around anymore

so far in the 3rd matteo has won two points

berrettinis slice backhand just isnt good enough

yeah novak has him in jail anytime they exchange backhands

roddick esque

Hate saying it but I get the feeling Zverev will beat Djoko

In a purely tennis sense, it would be about bloody time. Best option on that side of the draw was Shapo taking out both of them. Medvedev has been the outstanding player in the men's event, but I think that was true in Melbourne too, until the last day.

Think both women's semis are night session so I'll miss all of that. Least preferred end result by a long way is Sabalenka as champ, but I imagine that's what we'll get. Funny that the only previous US Open women's semifinalists ranked outside the top 100 (before Raducanu) were... Billie Jean King and Kim Clijsters. King played no singles at all Aug '78-Jun '79 and (I guess) hadn't played enough by Sept '79 to earn a ranking (even though she'd reached QF at Wimb), though she was granted a seeding. Clijsters had been away two years and took several wildcards in summer 2009 (winning at Flushing Meadow, beating Serena and Venus en route).

great job by laylah tho sabalenka melted down a bit the end of the 3rd set

love everything fernandez has accomplished and is doing

onto the grand slam final!

which is sadly in character for her

hell yeah!

that was awesome

i'm a novice at watching tennis but she is like wildly crafty. so many great/weird shots.

big shoutout to steve nash in her interview!

let's go sakkari

(sorry britishes)

Don't be sorry lol this is fantastic!!

The only time our finalists have ever played

the top quarter of the 2018 Wimbledon girls' draw, the only time Raducanu and Fernandez have played each other and a bit of an origin story to this tournament pic.twitter.com/Sx2YxWuP9I

— Alex Macpherson (@alex_macpherson) September 8, 2021

Kind of makes you wonder what happened to Whitney Osuigwe. (Still only 19, ranked in the 200s, her time may come).

Raducanu’s results are ridiculous. It’s like Evert or Graf bulldozing through a slam draw in their prime. Only stretched beyond 6-4 once, in the qualies. I still think Fernandez has the edge? But I know nothing, I didn’t see Bencic and Sakkari being brushed aside like that.

The first Brit teen genius to break everything in their path since Ronnie O'Sullivan (but that's snooker which doesn't have the international profile of tennis)?

I missed Fernandez's match but omg Raducanu was incredible to watch, an absolute steamroller

xyz... does this make Fernandez... Kirk Stevens?!

It's a real shame we can't have a Shapo-FAA final in the men's for total NextGen Canadian(-born/-citizen) domination.

Fernandez was not as in control of her match obviously, but what impressed me about her was the ability to keep coming back every time Sabalenka seemed to be about to break loose. Just the mental composure to be that inexperienced, and up against a ferocious player, and keep her cool. In that sense she may be better prepared for the final, just because she's had to deal with being down and coming back. OTOH if Raducanu never lets herself get behind, may not be an issue.

Anyway, they're both fun players to watch, I hope the final is a good match. I don't even have a rooting interest, tbh, fine with either of them winning.

"xyz... does this make Fernandez... Kirk Stevens?!"

Maybe, this is well before my time :)

(Thinking of Ronnie in the UK championship where he just came in and destroyed the field, he was 17 or so)

v high level match by both guys thus far, hope the 5th set can live up to it

sigh

im not sure medvedev can play better than zverev did

Somewhat resigned to this now. I guess if Novak beats Zverev and Medvedev (twice each), Nadal (on clay), Tsitsipas (from two sets down), Berrettini (three times, incl on grass) and Shapo en route to this, you have to say fair enough. Who else could you throw at him? Rublev in his early spring form? Carreno Busta / Karatsev / Sinner around the round of 32 would have been nice and awkward. The draws and scheduling have been moderately kind, but every top seed gets that (Fed certainly benefited). I think he got a dose of luck with the curfew in Melbourne (falling apart vs Fritz, and then a delay while the stadium was cleared) and Musetti running out of gas in Paris, but fair play.

If he beats Medvedev on Sunday he's the greatest male tennis player of all time. No ifs, no buts.

That he is a wanker is just something that people will forget in time.

Whereas, if he loses, he'll have the same 20-11 Slam final record as Federer and we can kick the argument down the road for another year :)

Fed won 12 of his first 14 Slam finals... Djokovic has won 12 of his *last* 14 (he only had a 50% record in these matches as recently as his defeat to Wawrinka at RG 2015). He's developed this big match invincibility late in his career, for Fed that was his early-mid 20s.

The one player around who you feel is almost his equal in these high-stakes contests is Thiem, and he's currently injured.

As I think I said in the non-Slam thread, the flipside of Novak's entertaining collapse in Tokyo (two likely golds turning into nothing in the space of 24 hours) is that - even if achieves the ultimate tomorrow - he may just keeping going until Paris 2024 now. Surely, *surely*, the teens and 20somethings will have his number between now and then.

In other news, looks like C4 has Raducanu-Fernandez live tonight, free-to-air.

That's great to hear.

On 10 July 2018, a modest Court 17 crowd watched a second round junior #Wimbledon match between @emmaraducanu and @leylahfernandez 🌟

Little did any of them know what was to come...#USOpen pic.twitter.com/xshJVQs4BX

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) September 11, 2021

I've watched several crowd-shot videos of that 53-stroke rally now. Classic Djokovic to lose a set point in that way, and just take the next opportunity anyway. The Federer-genius point vs him in the 2016 AO semi gets a lot of love on YT... not so celebrated is the fact that Novak routinely took the next six points to close out the match.

Good that the final is on regular UK terrestrial tonight, but where were they in 2012 when I watched Murray-Djokovic on a dodgy 320x240 stream? Typical pro-Home Counties, anti-Scots bias :)

I listened to it on Radio five live

:-(

I've watched several crowd-shot videos of that 53-stroke rally now. Classic Djokovic to lose a set point in that way, and just take the next opportunity anyway.

yea good point. unless zverev couldve mustered up an ace i was expecting him to no way win the next point

I think Djokovic does end up as the uncontested "greatest," at least until some later-generation Goliath. But his relative unpopularity vs. Nadal and Federer is not only about his prickly persona — it's also that his tennis, while consistently excellent and powerful, is rarely as much fun to watch as theirs. Federer at his peak had a balletic grace that no other player has ever matched, and Nadal has a leave-it-all-on-the-court commitment that you can see and feel, you always know he's working hard. Djokovic is certainly capable of stunning plays and shots, but a lot of what he does is just, like, really good conventional tennis, with more power and fewer errors than anyone else.

otm

novak has his core, vocal, largely serbian? fans but it almost feels shameful to root for him. part of that is just hes expected to win every match, part is his personality, part is the overall contrast to fed and rafa

3 months ago my daughter and Emma Radacanu were in the same maths class. Since collecting their A level results one has broken all records and is set to win the US open. The other has broken her wrist whilst crowdsurfing at a festival. It’s a proud parenting moment 😭

— Professor Claire Hopkins (@SnotSurgeon) September 10, 2021

"I think Djokovic does end up as the uncontested "greatest," at least until some later-generation Goliath. But his relative unpopularity vs. Nadal and Federer is not only about his prickly persona — it's also that his tennis, while consistently excellent and powerful, is rarely as much fun to watch as theirs."

Novak has a great game. The returns, athleticism and sheer bloody-mindedness. I like his game more than Nadal's game but he is a dickhead.

This game..

Raducanu breaks, terrific level so far

Another 10 min epic for break back Fernandez

Raducanu recovered from 0-30 down. On serve

Just incredible hitting from Emma to keep it on serve.

They are both great. Be amazed if we don't go the distance

^^^ 100%

2 SPs Emma

Excellent play Hernandez to save that one. Deuce

Long for another SP

Excellent 2nd serve, but more brutal hitting Radu. 4th sp

FH down! 1st set!!

3 more BPs for Raducanu

Saved them all brilliantly

Wins the game.

Net cord. Now 2bps Fernandez

Fernandez has eventually broken. Excellent.

Brilliant defensive lob and winner. Then return to break back!

Huge BH and FH winners from Radu

2 BPs

What a winner for the break there

That was something else

amazing

One game away

Another excellent defensive lob..

CP..

Saved

Another CP

Well held. Raducanu has to serve for this match

Making her earn it

30 all

Amazing point

Never seen that in a final

Fernandez is pissed

Plays it long after the resolution

Deuce

What points here. God. Deuce again

Another CP..

With an ace!

amazing match

Well that was surprisingly stressful, what a match!

Incredible.

i only watched in chunks because yeah it was v stressy

Not dropped a set!

I was always going to be feeling sorry for one of these two

slim margins tho, both played really well

Quality was amazing from both.

I’m a little emotional. Great match.

Fernandez fighting like hell but Raducanu just too much on fire.

This is pretty unprecedented for Britisher sport, to have a Champion like this!

wow

She just fucking bulldozed through the US open lol.

This is pretty unprecedented for Britisher sport, to have a Champion like this!

It's unprecendented full stop.

That was a fantastic final.

No tennis expert but Raducanu just seems different, real eye of the tiger stuff, ice cold with it

Raducanu already surpassed Ronaldo’s sporting legacy by facing up to an American court

— Callum (@CallumCFC_) September 11, 2021

It's unprecendented full stop.

― How does Spock's brain come into this? (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 September 2021 bookmarkflaglink

No qualifier has ever won a slam. Fewest attempts by a woman at slam events before bagging one.

great match, would have been happy with either result but can understand fernandez’s frustration with raducanu’s “medical” time-out to bandage her boo-boo, potentially that was actually illegal tho idk the rules exactly and I didn’t have sound at the bar I was watching

Commentary said the match had to be stopped as she was bleeding

Whaddaya want, blood? Yes, she was bleeding.

From the first point that was a cracker. Unexpectedly had to pick up 14yo from a non-sleepover so the second set was watched on my phone, with police helicopters overhead (Wireless Festival just ended), walking in the dark across SE19. Home just in time for the shin graze and the medical t/o.

Really hope Fernandez wins a major soon... taking out Kerber, Osaka, Svitolina and Sabalenka and it still not being enough.

I guess the pandemic is a big part of the surprise factor here; in another timeline, the tour isn't suspended for six months, Emma R decides not to sideline tennis to finish her A-levels, and by now she's top 40 with a raft of solid tour-level results behind her. She was getting better the whole time though!

ITF rule W(3)(f):

If a player is bleeding, the Chair Umpire must stop play as soon as possible, and the Sports Physiotherapist must be called to the court by the Chair Umpire for evaluation and treatment. The Sports Physiotherapist, in conjunction with the Tournament Doctor if appropriate, will evaluate the source of the bleeding, and will request a Medical Time-Out for treatment if necessary.
If requested by the Sports Physiotherapist and/or Tournament Doctor, the Referee in consultation with the Grand Slam Supervisor or Chair Umpire may allow up to a total of five (5) minutes to assure control of the bleeding.
If blood has spilled onto the court or its immediate vicinity, play must not resume until the blood spill has been cleaned appropriately.

ok, seems like it was by the book then. taking 5 minutes, a drink break, etc seemed like a bit much from my perspective but I doubt much would have changed. a worthy winner!

Bleeding's a pretty major thing, safetywise. They have to stop play for it. And it's not like Raducanu skinned her knee on purpose. (Though that was an iconic moment, with the blood running down into her shoe. Will add to the myth-making, for sure.)

But any controversy over that kind of obscures what a hole Fernandez was in. She did have a breakpoint, but she was barely hanging on to the match at that point. Raducanu was just so fierce and precise. And fast! Both of them really cover ground. I was happy for Raducanu and sad for Fernandez, but also just enjoyed the match. Good tennis.

So are A Levels happening?

— Emma Raducanu (@EmmaRaducanu) January 4, 2021

The time has come..

Hardly watching. Medvedev a break up, don't care

Just jk he is serving fantastic but he will serve for the set next. And...you know the drill, five sets etc.

medvedev's serves are insanely good. djoko still hasn't been able to find a good pace. the commentators have said medvedev doesn't "expend energy" much, yet he looks tired to me. maybe it's just his lanky frame

1st df

2sps

With an ace. But it's the 1st blah blah. He cannot keep this up

novak is playing badly (for him)

Just teasing us with these unforced errors

Getting through here.

Huge FH from Medvedev with a lot of fist pumps, real premature and a bit silly, bcz he didn't convert that break point.

27 shot rally. Lost it but Novak warming up

Right enough. Deuce

1st BP novak

Lol Novak just destroying his racket. Nearly swung a racket at an incoming ball girl too.

Medvedev holds the 10 min + game

Two more BPs for Medvedev

Break Medvedev. Fucking Novak, doing this to me

did you put money on novak?

Djokovic almost thinks about it but stops just in time 😬 #USOpen pic.twitter.com/KnrTgbJJLt

— Tennis GIFs 🎾🎥 (@tennis_gifs) September 12, 2021

did you put money on novak?

― Punster McPunisher, Sunday, 12 September 2021 bookmarkflaglink

Nope just think this dickhead will get it together. Sorry just too many bad memories

Medvedev is just wiping the floor with him. Novak looks like me out there.

djoker cant win any easy points, cant win long rallies rn & can't really read meds serve

medvedev's height and long arms gives him so much reach

Good hold in the end for djoko

Medvedev to serve for the set

2 aces, 3sp

40-30, 1df

Lol terrible drop shot but Djoko pushes it wide. Two sets down.

what was that last point!!!?

the worst drop shot ever and a terrible miss from djokovic in response

otm, insane

An early BP Medvedev

djokovic has THREE winners off the ground in 2 sets

Med breaks!!

Too early however Med will also need to keep his game together as he gets closer.

Lol at the dropshots in this game

Another hilarious drop shot. Embarrassing from Novak

Goes onto hold a massively weird game. 2-0

0-30

One more bp

3-0 lol

what an unraveling

I can’t find match stats anywhere but djokovic must be serving like 45% on first serves

Yeah it's something like that

I would just like to interject that this match had been DELIGHTFUL and I hope it continues

How many more times are we gonna see Novak slouch around the court while the ball is still in play, thinking he’s got the point, and Medvedev returns it while Djokovic’s back is basically turned?

The stupid drop shot from Med finally doesn't work

Net cords, ace, df..

Med to serve it out

1 Cp

Df aargh

:(

Lol fuck you

Holy shit!

…..

This is too much

Oh noooooo

First smile of the match from Dj

lol

You can just feel Novak screaming and crying into that towel

the pressure to win

Med winning two epic points 30 0

Two cps

Another d!

Idiots clapping at the bar

Yes!!

you hate to see it

meds in straights is a truly wild result but he deserved it

nice bookend from novak beating him in straights @ the AO

The sound was awful on the feed, was watching much with this off for much of the 3rd set so couldn't hear the crowd disruption.

Great achievement from Medvedev.

Felt a little like late-period Sampras, getting thrashed by Safin and Hewitt in NYC. (Though Sampras did get one more shot). The tears too.

This was glorious

ya, they booed med and that may have caused him to double twice.

i forget which rally but it may have been one or two before the CP where i thought i saw djoko teary-eyed

anyways, medvedev's win is well-deserved (that doesn't take away from djoko's greatness)

Need a gif xp

He was sobbing into his towel at the 5-4 changeover.

yep. i know he's won so many times, but it's still heartbreaking

Really really would not have predicted straight sets, wow. But easy to underestimate the physical and mental toll of this whole year on Djokovic. First time I've really seen him run out of gas.

What a prick

Djokovic almost thinks about it but stops just in time 😬 #USOpen pic.twitter.com/KnrTgbJJLt

— Tennis GIFs 🎾🎥 (@tennis_gifs) September 12, 2021

Really really would not have predicted straight sets, wow. But easy to underestimate the physical and mental toll of this whole year on Djokovic. First time I've really seen him run out of gas.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 12 September 2021 bookmarkflaglink

Del Potro softened Novak up for Murray at Wimbledon iirc.

Into my veins

Djokovic is in tears at the changeover. 😥 #usopen pic.twitter.com/UcwP6PQHrS

— Tennis GIFs 🎾🎥 (@tennis_gifs) September 12, 2021

only player to take a set off daniil: Botic van de Zandschulp

I love Medvedev’s “in my book, you’re the greatest player of all time” humble rag due to the unspoken “and I JUST BEAT YOU IN STRAIGHT SETS” that goes along with it

Only thing that could make me happier is if Novak gets covid before the Aus Open and isn't allowed in the country.

It's happening

BREAKING: Immigration Minister Alex Hawke says Novak Djokovic will NOT be allowed into Australia if he is not double vaccinated.
"Our health advice is that when we open the borders everyone that comes to Australia will have to be double vaccinated," Mr Hawke told @RNBreakfast.

— Stephanie Peatling (@srpeatling) October 19, 2021

👌

Novak Djokovic "probably won't" play the Australian Open in January over mandatory Covid vaccination rules, the world number one tennis player's father says, likening the restrictions to "blackmail" https://t.co/JJa8soGZCJ#AFPSports pic.twitter.com/p7cpVqN35O

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 28, 2021

be funny when roland garros follows suit

👏 make 👏 tennis majors 👏 cyberbully 👏 djokovic 👏 into 👏 getting 👏 jabbed

Today I'm hoping Russia (sorry, Russian Tennis Federation) and Spain can engineer a result that gets Serbia eliminated at the group stage of the Davis Cup :)

If my sums are right, the Russians only need one game (i.e. 0-6 1-6) from the doubles vs Spain to qualify ahead of Serbia. They've already held serve at the start so... maybe take it easy now. (A Russian win = Spain go out, Serbia progress).

Karatsev/Rublev didn't read the script last night - beat Lopez/Granollers 46 62 64, putting the co-hosts out and allowing Serbia through.

I s'pose I should move this to the non-Slam tennis thread, as it's no longer adhering to the "laugh at Novak" theme :/

If covid is a significant factor by Spring I wouldn't be surprised if RG follow but I expect only Australia will be hardline about this. This follows from their hard border approach from the start.

He should've been banned by the ATP for bringing the game into disrepute. Interesting to see how many more players are banned from Australia for this. Djoko can't be the only one.

yeah I think the ATP said a few weeks ago the vaccination rate among players was only around 65%?

afaik medvedev still hasn't said whether he's vaccinated or not. tsitsipas and thiem only recently reluctantly agreed to get vaccinated after it became clear that it was going to be necessary for them to compete.

and a bunch of the US players are vocal trump supporters, so quite likely a few of them haven't gotten vaxxed either.

Lol what a surprise

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/04/novak-djokovic-secures-medical-exemption-to-play-in-australian-open-tennis

this has turned into a massive clusterfuck and I am here for it

https://www.theage.com.au/national/visa-bungle-delays-novak-djokovic-s-entry-into-australia-20220105-p59m75.html

Djoko being imprisoned in an Aussie jail would be best, yes.

prison abolitionism*

*except for the djoker

Lol federal government and state government both trying to stick each other in it meanwhile Djokovic languishes in a room in the airport

prison abolitionism*

*except for the djoker

― class project pat (m bison), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 bookmarkflaglink

That's right

As Novak Djokovic's detention at Melbourne Airport extends beyond six hours, his father Srdan tells media, via @sunriseon7: 'They are holding my son captive. If they don't release him in the next half an hour, we will fight them on the street.'

— Oliver Brown (@oliverbrown_tel) January 5, 2022

end police brutality*

*except for the djokovic family

He’s being deported

Breaking: Novak Djokovic's visa has been cancelled. He's been told to leave the country today, two sources confirmed to @theage. His Lawyers are in the process of appealing. He's not demonstrated to Border Force sufficient evidence for his exemption https://t.co/TM5BF0Gu80

— Paul Sakkal (@paulsakkal) January 5, 2022

poochie had to go back to his home planet

wow / lol @ all this

wowwww

hahahahaha this has cheered me no end.

On Djokovic, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has released a statement:

"I told our Novak that the whole of Serbia is with him and that our bodies are doing everything to see that the harassment of the world's best tennis player is brought to an end immediately."

— Maria Flannery (@mariaflan) January 5, 2022

yikes better hope austria doesn't get involved

This is the best early birthday present I could have imagined

This is the best early birthday present I could have imagined

You and me both. :D

I just woke up and my twitter TL is a mess lol

Novak’s dad Srdjan to Serbian outlets: “Tonight they can throw him in a dungeon, tomorrow they can put him in chains. The truth is he is like water and water paves its own path. Novak is the Spartacus of the new world which won’t tolerate injustice, colonialism and hypocrisy.”

trenchant social commentary

Rafael Nadal's full answer today on Djokovic's situation.

"From my point of view, the only thing that I can say is I believe in what the people who knows about medicine says, and if the people says that we need to get vaccinated, we need to get the vaccine." pic.twitter.com/n9nIjDhcfC

— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) January 6, 2022

Proud to be an Australian

#BREAKING Australia will not immediately deport tennis world number one Novak Djokovic, a government lawyer tells a court hearing Thursday. The star remains in immigration detention pic.twitter.com/Zf70ZUwTVJ

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 6, 2022

We’ve got Djokovic supporters on the left and refugee advocates on the right.
One Djokovic supporter just said to me “I feel so ignorant. I came here for him, and find out they’ve been locked up nine years. It’s so wrong.” pic.twitter.com/elBDkJAZEl

— Cait Kelly (@cait__kelly) January 6, 2022

I know this account does a lot of fake humour but...surely not

Gotta make sure that anyone who hasn’t read the Novak Djokovic bread story reads the Novak Djokovic bread story pic.twitter.com/gTVat8rpf8

— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) January 6, 2022

Yeah, that's a famous story.

lol it’s not even the wackiest thing he believes in: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/05/novak-djokovic-psuedoscience-babble

20 grand slam titles, so who's to say etc.

Friday's Metro: "Prisoner cell Djok H" #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/7FuHsAa3Vz pic.twitter.com/TAxSZZYhBS

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) January 6, 2022

Lol

In Belgrade with the Djokovic family. Waiting for the result of the visa hearing, watch this space. 🇷🇸 pic.twitter.com/S8dACn9U3z

— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) January 9, 2022

:D

Please record the awkward moment when you tell them you’ve spent most of your career campaigning to have people from Eastern Europe deported.😉 https://t.co/rfFn1hdXlu

— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) January 9, 2022

get his ass, andy

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/10/novak-djokovic-wins-appeal-against-decision-to-cancel-his-australian-visa

Hopefully he won't compete. Jail would've been good but I'll take that.

sadly, he will definitely compete and will probably win the tournament again - Djokovic relishes being the villain more than anything else (my totally unscientific analysis: he didn't get the Golden Slam last year because he was getting too much positive attention at the Olympics lol).

otm

I don't like him either but I was glad to see this result today. Fuck the Australian government

Hmm, this is a different level of antipathy though. Unless this all settles down and is somehow magically clarified in the next seven days, he walks out to defend his title to a pocket of flag-waving fans and several thousand ppl booing him (whether that's justified or not, on the facts of the case). There's almost a safety issue here now.

So wait, is the 21 he's going for the number of Slam titles or the number of times he can catch Covid?

This is amazing

Lol pic.twitter.com/JqlKnap2p1

— Lucky Lance (@theluckylance) January 11, 2022

Novak Djoković claims to have been tested positiv for Covid on the 16th of December.
However the timestamp for the digital version of his positiv test indicates the result may actually be from the 26th of December.
Our reporting @derspiegel in german https://t.co/NnvY0vc09G

— Max Hoppenstedt (@m_hoppenstedt) January 11, 2022

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/33046376/novak-djokovic-responding-continuing-misinformation-clarifies-line-positive-covid-19-test-december

aand here we go again

Breaking: Novak Djokovic's visa has been cancelled for a second time by the Australian government

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke: "[Cancelled] on health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so."

Appeal v likelyhttps://t.co/N6Ryn9nBsM

— Paul Sakkal (@paulsakkal) January 14, 2022

Never thought I'd say this but Australia...thank you...

it's not over. Though at this point, it really is best for him to call it a day instead of risking the three-year ban.

Djokovic's lawyers are still considering their legal options

They were served documents at 6.03pm, after Hawke's decision

If they appeal, they want a streamlined trial with condensed time for written submissions and verbal evidence

They want trial completed by Sunday @theage https://t.co/Q8IUDnMhLG

— Paul Sakkal (@paulsakkal) January 14, 2022

What a fucking loser.

The simple facts of Novak Case. Visa approved by Australia. Australian Judge upheld visa in court of law.Government want him out.If Novak's visa was not approved,he would never have been allowed to board flight to Australia.Explain why he received a visa then?This is not right!

— Greg Rusedski (@GregRusedski1) January 14, 2022

lol

Really, really happy at his humiliation. Hopefully it will be a four year ban.

I thought he would've been denied visa and never boarded a flight to Australia. This farce was just beyond anything I'd imagine. So good!

yeah, I knew he was kind of a dick but not quarantining when he knew he had covid is next level.

at what world crisis will nigel farage appear next

Oh dear. I’ve had a quick look at this company. “Biotech” might be a stretch. Strap in... https://t.co/Z8qzdQxP53

— Dr Darren Saunders (@whereisdaz) January 19, 2022