Saturday 20 August 2022
More than 43,000 people have signed a petition to allow Djokovic to compete at the year’s final Grand Slam.
The recently-crowned Wimbledon champion continues to refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus.
The 35-year-old Serb is now one Slam ahead of Roger Federer in the all-time race.
The richly-talented but deeply divisive Australian is through to the biggest match of his career.
The defending champion came from two sets down to beat young Italian Jannik Sinner.
The reigning champion’s fourth-round match against Tim van Rijthoven on Centre Court on Sunday began at 8pm and finished just before 11pm.
Van Rijthoven’s rapid rise this summer continued, as he beat Nikoloz Basilashvili to the sound of ‘come on Tim’ at Wimbledon.
Lily de Carvalho and the fallen star’s son Noah were in the Serb’s box on Centre Court for his second-round win on Wednesday.
The defending champion effortlessly saw off Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1 6-4 6-2.
The six-time champion battled past Kwon Soon-woo in four sets.
Nadal and his doctor are managing a foot injury in a bid to nurse him towards a 14th title.
Nadal and Djokovic will meet for the 10th time at Roland Garros.
The Serbian gave the perfect response with a 6-1 6-3 6-3 demolition of 15th seed Diego Schwartzman to book his place in the quarter-finals.
Reigning champion Djokovic and 13-time winner Nadal are on course to meet in the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile this evening, Barbora Krejcikova was forced out with Covid.
The 34-year-old won his first tournament of the season.
‘I would say this is the best week of my life,’ the Spaniard said.
The pair had been due to meet for the first time in more than five years.
Djokovic entered the contest 17-0 head-to-head against the Frenchman.
The three-time former Wimbledon champion was jailed for two-and-a-half years this week.
The world number one has only competed at three tournaments in 2022 because of entry restrictions imposed by various countries.
‘I knew it would be unlikely I’d be able to travel.’
The 34-year-old Serbian is the only man in the top 100 who remains unvaccinated against coronavirus.
Stakhovsky, who famously beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2013, last week said he had signed up for Ukraine’s military reserves.
Djokovic is currently unable to enter the US for the big ATP events in Indian Wells and Miami this month.
The Russian is the first man outside the game’s “Big Four” to occupy the top spot since 2004.
Defeat spells the end of Djokovic’s current two-year reign at the top of the rankings.
‘The [Australian Open] final, I was trying not to watch it, but then I had my household watching… so I had to follow it.’
The Serbian was deported in extraordinary circumstances on the eve of last month’s Australian Open.
Prosecutors have rejected suggestions that Djokovic used a fake positive test to try to reach the Australian Open last month.
The world number one’s deportation from Australia prevented a tilt at a record 21st Grand Slam title.
The Federal Court of Australia published the reasons for the decision not to quash the cancellation of Djokovic’s visa.
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His arrival came as France’s sports ministry said a new law requiring vaccination to enter sports venues would have no exceptions.
The world number one’s hopes of playing in the French Open suffered a blow following his expulsion from Australia.
He now faces a three-year ban from entering the country.
Much of build-up to the first Grand Slam tournament of the year has focused on the Novak Djokovic visa row.
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
An court appeal is scheduled for tomorrow, just a day before the tennis player is scheduled to play his first match of the Australian Open.
