Vuelve Rafa Nadal: el Open de Australia confirma su participación
El director del torneo ha confirmado que el español habría asegurado su presencia para la siguiente edición, que se celebrará a partir del 14 de enero
BEHIND THE SCENES: What started badly ended well, but Australian Open and tennis itself have storms ahead before 2023
The problem stemming from a world number one who perceives himself to be above the rules is there, and it goes beyond Australia to become a painful third wheel of an entire sport, of tennis itself.
DETRÁS DE ESCENA: La soledad de Djokovic y la amenaza a una historia inmutable que no lo es tanto
Vacunado, Djokovic estaba en condiciones de intentar lograr lo que rozó en 2021: ganar el Grand Slam, la conquista de los cuatro grandes torneos en una misma temporada. Sin vacuna, Djokovic podría ser protagonista de un Grand Slam a la inversa: el tenista destinado a ser el más exitoso de todos los tiempos y que no juega ninguno de los cuatro grandes torneos.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Djokovic’s loneliness and the threat to an immutable history that is not so immutable
Vaccinated, Djokovic was in a position to try to achieve what he brushed in 2021: win the Grand Slam, the conquest of the four major tournaments in the same season. Without a vaccine, Djokovic could be the protagonist of a Grand Slam in reverse: the tennis player destined to be the most successful of all time and who does not play any of the four major tournaments.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Understanding Novak Djokovic
When the answer to public health issues involves Serbian pride, spirituality, religion and the crucifixion of Jesus, something very strange is going on.
DETRÁS DE ESCENA: Cómo entender a Novak Djokovic
Cuando la respuesta a cuestiones de salud pública pasa por el orgullo serbio, la espiritualidad, la religión y la crucifixión de Jesús, algo muy extraño está sucediendo.
Tension between Australia and Djokovic, a reflection of the dangers at hand and the difficulties of world sport today
Djokovic’s relationship with covid-19 and vaccines has been stormy. Srdjan, his father, defends his son’s “exclusive and personal right” to be vaccinated or not.
Mandatory vaccination in the Australian state of Victoria complicates the Australian Open and Novak Djokovic’s Grand Slam dream
Tennis has a major problem: although there are no official figures, it is estimated that only half of the players, men and women, are vaccinated. Several of the big names expressed misgivings about vaccinations against coronavirus.
