After having returned to play -in an exhibition- in Abu Dhabi, the Spanish Reef Nadal He tested positive for coronavirus a few days ago. He is isolated in his country, doing the respective isolation. But doubts were installed for 2022, with the Australian Open, scheduled to start on Monday, January 17 (will end on Sunday, January 30). Will you be able to say present? From the leadership and organizational side of the contest, they did not hesitate. They trust in the presence of the native of Manacor.
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Nadal, before being positive (REUTER).
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Craig Tiley, Executive Director of Tennis Australia and Director of the Australian Open, noted: “EI’m sure Nadal will play at the Australian Open. Players who test positive will be isolated for a time at home, but they can lead a normal life as soon as they test negative.. If you test positive and want to play the Australian Open, now is the time. A little later he would have trouble participating in the tournament. It would be very doubtful. “
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THE DIFFICULT TOURNAMENT SETUP
“It is true that in 2021 it was difficult, but a little easier than this year. There are many conditions and you do not know how all that can affect the tournament and especially the people. For example, if the players and their team share a room with someone and that person tests positive, everyone in that room will have to isolate themselves for seven days “, Tiley himself warned.
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Craig Tiley believes that players should be smart: “My advice to players is simple: get your own room. In 2021, we decided to protect all players who came from environments ravaged by the virus. In 2022, the objective is totally different, it is to protect all the players and fans who do not have the omicron variant or another different variant of the virus. We hope the tournament goes well and we can witness a good level of tennis ”.
The Australian Open is the first major tournament of the course. SIt will also be the first, in which vaccination is mandatory for players, spectators and tournament personnel. In addition, the Australian Open has created a medical committee that will exempt certain unvaccinated people who can present their cases to the committee que will then decide whether or not to allow that individual to enter Melbourne Park, scene of the tournament during the second half of January.
THE DOUBT ABOUT DJOKOVIC, ABSENT IN THE ATP CUP
Nole will not go to the ATP Cup in Sydney and the unknown is revealed ahead of the Australian Open. As reported by the Serbian daily Blic, 34-year-old Djokovic, has a 99% probability of missing the January 1 match against Casper Ruud (8th), the first in the series that his country’s team will face against Norway. “There is a 99 percent certainty that Novak (Djokovic) will not participate in the ATP Cup. He is training here (in Belgrade) and has decided to miss that tournament”, is the phrase of a member of the work team of Djokovic whose identity Blic avoided revealing.
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Will Nole get off the first big of the year?
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This absence only increases the doubts surrounding the presence of the best tennis player in the world at the Australian Open, which will be played between January 17 and 30. The refusal to communicate whether or not he was vaccinated against Covid-19, added to the expressions he has previously expressed in opposition to the inoculation, suggest that the reason for which he was removed from the ATP Cup could be related to his position .
Djokovic, a nine-time champion in Australia (the last three in a row), could break the record of 20 Grand Slam titles if he participates. Nadal and Roger Federer have the same amount. Will it be part of the appointment?
