2022 In Between Grand Slam Thread

not sure if they are building on much success from 2021. Djokovic won 3 of the 4 slams and reached the final of the other. I do think however that Medvedev, Zverev and Tsitisipas will continue to improve. I am less convinced by Rublev and Berritini in terms of winning slams but I could be proven wrong. I do feel for Thiem, regardless of the big 3 being missing when he won his US open, he had proven himself already in my opinion reaching a number of grand slam finals before that and with wins against all the big 3 in the grand slams (even if not in a final).

The other ones to watch this year will be Sinner, Hurkasz and Alliasime. They were making some inroads last year and Sinner and Alliasime are very young and once they develop more physically I think they have great potential. You could say the same about Alcaraz. I think maybe for those 4, it might be 2023 or later when they break through.

If the other slams follow Australian open protocol, that could rule Djokovic out of some of the slams this year which would be a big blow to him in his quest for 21. We can pretty much rule him out of winning Oz open this year, I would always make Nadal favourite at the French regardless of form. I feel Djokovic will be favourite at Wimbledon but US open is a total lottery these days as its the one slam that has thrown up so many different winners since 2010

The world has turned on its head. Kyrgios critical of Aus and mildly supportive of Djokovic.

I still expect him to be on his way home on Monday.

There is confusion, but it's not as simple as you portray.

If the TA exemptions were completely meaningless, then how did Renata and at least one other official make it past Border Force and into the country without any questions being asked? Many Australian institutions are being shown to be inept here, TA (we already had our suspicions), Victorian Govt, Federal Govt headed by Morrison (no surprises there) but Border Force are very competent.

If Djokovic's appeal fails, which is likely, will he face a ban on entry to Australia in the future, I.e.for next year's AO? Or is Djokovic likely to skip the AO in the future after this fiasco

If he lied about his medical exemption in any way then I think a ban from entering Australia for X number of years might be likely. If this was just all a communications cock up or a misunderstanding then that would be completely ridiculous.

I don't think it's all Tiley's fault. He seems to have liaised very closely with the Victorian government about the exemptions and Morrison even said a few days ago that he'd leave it up to the Vics whether Djokovic was allowed in or not. The Vics were spooked by the pitchforkers and chucked the decision back to Morrison who now thought it would be a slam dunk political win to take the decision at federal level to deport Djokovic. What Morrison didn't realise is that he's more disliked than even Djokovic and that many people who would previously have been anti-Djokovic (eg. Kyrgios), are now softening their stance purely because Morrison is a tool.

Why do they keep saying Djokovic has refused to disclose his vaccination status, nearly every report says this, surely the fact he applied and got a medical exemption implies that he is not vaccinated.

Applying for an exemption is an admission of not being vaccinated, anyone vaccinated doesn't require an exemption. So while he may not have said it straight out, it's common knowledge that he's not vaccinated.