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  1. 18-01-2022, 03:40 PM #1546
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    Quote Originally Posted by Desmond View Post
    US Open and French following suit.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ten...don/ar-AASSp9r

    Wimbledon is starting to look like the final refuge for Novak Djokovic after the French government suggested he would be barred from the French Open.

    The Sports Ministry in Paris declared that unjabbed elite athletes would not be exempt from needing a vaccination health pass to attend Roland Garros in May and other sporting events in the country. ...
    And he would not be able to play the same card (announcing that he just had covid) anyway. Could be interesting time in his career. or Will he take a jab/fake taking a jab to keep on playing...but then his anti vax followers will be disappointed
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian Murray View Post
    Dangerous Precedents and Hypothetical Threats: The Deportation of Novak Djokovic

    ... The Djokovic precedent presents the authorities with a large tarring brush, one to be used against other notable figures of certain opinions seen to pose a risk to Australia’s public interest. Hypotheticals will suffice, given that the Minister need only be satisfied that the person might be a risk to health, safety and good order.

    Such latitude also grants authorities a heavy hand to target future dissent and protest. The Australian government will be able “to justify,” barrister and president of Liberty Victoria Mike Stanton warns, “the suppression of legitimate political expression because others might engage in unrest.”

    With a stunning lack of imagination, the Djokovic precedent promises that the executive will not be accountable for the disorder and disruption arising from deporting individuals who might command a following. Oppression promises to be twinned with unpardonable stupidity.
    The Oz govt had already made such arbitrary decisions years ago. There have been a handful of cases not for sports thread.
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  3. 19-01-2022, 06:39 PM #1548
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  4. 19-01-2022, 06:49 PM #1549
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    Beautiful quote from Ash Barty.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MichaelBaron View Post
    And he would not be able to play the same card (announcing that he just had covid) anyway. Could be interesting time in his career. or Will he take a jab/fake taking a jab to keep on playing...but then his anti vax followers will be disappointed
    This is satire, but I wonder ...
    World number one Novak Djokovic has put the controversies of the Australian Open behind him and is now fully focused on the defence of his French Open title, saying preparations are already under way for him to contract COVID again in the coming months.
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  6. 23-01-2022, 12:15 AM #1551
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    https://www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/...11d06a4e24c40\

    Excellent comment about low IQ of the fans. Spot on!
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  7. 23-01-2022, 07:31 AM #1552
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    Quote Originally Posted by MichaelBaron View Post
    https://www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/...11d06a4e24c40\

    Excellent comment about low IQ of the fans. Spot on!
    He was up against Aussie hero Kyrgios so....things happen.

    If OUR NICK didn't mention Russia invading Ukraine then he can't complain.

    I thought Medvedev was a smarter player than OUR NICK.
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    https://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis...t=SocialBakers

    Advancing Australia fair...
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  9. 26-01-2022, 05:36 PM #1554
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    Quote Originally Posted by MichaelBaron View Post
    https://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis...t=SocialBakers

    Advancing Australia fair...
    NIck Kyrios is a pest, a real pity he is still playing tennis. That he brings bad crowd behaviour with him is hardly surprising.
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    Ash Barty makes the final, great play in the semi-final.
    Hope to watch her win the final Saturday. A very special player.
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    Have you seen this, Scott?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/59999541
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  12. 29-01-2022, 08:29 AM #1557
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    Quote Originally Posted by machomortensen View Post
    Have you seen this, Scott?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/59999541
    This would not be surprising at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by machomortensen View Post
    Have you seen this, Scott?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/59999541
    The test finding him positive is awfully convenient and it being faked would not be surprising.

    One question needs to be answered though. When did Novak first inform Tennis Australia that he had "proof" he had had Covid? Surely if the result existed before December 26th-27th then there might be some explanation for what is put forward in the article.
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    Ash Barty has won the Australian Open, well done Ash
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    But Margaret Court Smith no where to be seen??
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