[ Sports Road News ]The men’s tennis world No. 1 Novak Djokovic’s bid to play in the 2022 Australian Open without a new pneumonia vaccine has not yet been finalized. While all parties are still waiting to see whether Zugaowei will be revoked by Australia’s entry visa, the Australian Open will still list Zugaowei, who has won the Australian Open 9 times, as the number one seed of the tournament on Tuesday (11th). At the same time, players have successively made speeches on the turmoil, pointing out that Zu Gaoyu “has no right to play the Australian Open”, and some voices criticized his selfish behavior.
Marton Fucsovics of Hungary, who lost in straight sets to Zugaovi in the men’s singles semi-final at Wimbledon last year, was one of the critics. Professional tennis has aroused the disgust of many players. He bluntly said that it would be unfair if Zu Gaoyu could still play without a vaccine. Fu Zuyu, now ranked 38th in the world, said: “People’s health is the most important thing, and these rules have been made a long time ago that everyone should be vaccinated – but Zu Gaoyu did not. From this point of view, I think He has no right to play in Australia at all.”
Another player who thinks the current situation is unfair is Portuguese men’s player Joao Sousa. The world number 140, who is still competing in the Australian Open qualifiers, said after the first lap: “I respect him for fighting for what he believes in, and I understand what he’s been through in Australia, but what he’s done as a player. The only player who is not vaccinated is a bit selfish to come here, and it is difficult for other players to accept that.” Zuosusha continued, many players themselves do not want to be vaccinated, but in order to participate in competitions around the world, they have to vaccination.
Amid the controversy, the Australian Open announced the rankings of the players’ seeds for this tournament on Tuesday. Among them, Zugaoyu, who still has the chance to have his visa revoked and cannot play, was listed as the top seed in the men’s group, followed by The next players are Daniil Medvedev of Russia who smashed Zugaoyu to achieve the annual Grand Slam in the final of the US Open last year, Alexander Zverev of Germany, and Shisper of Greece. Stefanos Tsitsipas, and another Russian player Andrey Rublev. As for Rafael Nadal, the Spanish player who has won 20 Grand Slams in his career and won the final of the ATP 250 Melbourne Summer Series last Sunday (9th), Rafael Nadal is the No. 6 seed. .
In the women’s group, the top five seeds are Australia’s Buddy, Belarus’ Sablanka, Spain’s Megurusha, Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova, and Greece’s Shakali. Maria Sakkari). As for the focus of women’s tennis last year, Japan’s Osaka Naomi, it is the No. 13 seed. The 2022 Australian Open will be played in Melbourne from January 17 to 30.
Source: General Foreign Affairs
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