The director of the Australian Open said that Novak Djokovic was not given special treatment when he applied for a medical exemption to the Australian Open vaccine requirement.
Some are questioning whether Novak Djokovic received special treatment for his medical exemption application.
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Craig Tiley, the director of the Australian Open, told Australia-based Nine Network that the medical exemption review process did not give a special favor to the application of Novak Djokovic.
Only a handful of people were approved for medical exemptions, and one of them was Novak Djokovic, who was going to the Australian Open.
The Australian Technical Advisory Group On Immunisation has approved criteria for exemptions, but Tiley wouldn't say which one he used.
The Serbian tennis player posted to his social media accounts Tuesday morning that he had been given an exemption to play in the Australian Open. Many people criticized the approval of a medical exemption by the man. British tennis player Jamie Murray said that if he were not a tennis player, he wouldn't be getting an exemption, while fellow British tennis player Jamie Castle said that he could understand the Australian public's anger.
The number is big.
9. The Australian Open is the most titles won by a man.
Tennis Australia says there was no special favour given to the player for the vaccine exemption.
The Australian Open may have received one of these vaccine exemptions.
After securing a medical exemption, Novak will compete in the Australian Open.
