I am special...

[SueEllen]

Just read the state wasn't allowing Junior open players in even though in many countries e.g. India you couldn't get vaccinated until you were 18 until very recently.

https://thebridge.in/tennis/without-...t-indian-27987


Because of such a stance, several players including India's Aman Dahiya have been unable to head to the Australian Open as they haven't been granted a medical exemption. The 17-year-old Dahiya, who was looking to compete in the Junior Grand Slam was told by the Australian authorities that, "Under current Australian guidelines, the applicant would be considered eligible for vaccination and therefore does not qualify for exemption." In India, vaccination drives for children below eighteen had started late, and therefore, Dahiya is not fully vaccinated and does not meet the criteria. Dahiya's coach Jignesh Rawal has said that the focus would now be to prepare Aman for the French Open in May, by which time, the vaccination process would have also been completed.

[SueEllen]

Who issued the original exemption or was he just bluffing it? The rules are simple, get jabbed and prove it, then get tested and be negative Why would he assume he's subject to different rules? Now its political he'll have to be denied access unless Novaxx is bigger than Aus which I doubt Australia has been so draconian with the lockdowns there'll be rioting if rich foreign tw@ts are seen to ride roughshod over the rules

The exemptions were given by the state. They were anonymous ones so they didn't know who they were given to.

The Border Force is run by the federal government. So if you fly in it is the border force you have to convince to let you in the country.

[AtW]

I don't understand why they are waiting until Monday to decide whether to kick him out or not.

It takes 48-72 hours for the nanites to assemble and establish a firm 5G connection.

HTH

[DoctorStrangelove]

I look forward to seeing him starring on an episode of "Nothing to Declare", the Oz customs thing.

[northernladuk]

I look forward to seeing him starring on an episode of "Nothing to Declare", the Oz customs thing.

Season 5, Episode 3 - The one with the latex glove.

[TwoWolves]

I would think that being the world tennis number one does make you rather special. It's a formidable achievement and I'm puzzled that people don't acknowledge that anymore. The tournament will be a joke without him, let's face reality.

[northernladuk]

I would think that being the world tennis number one does make you rather special. It's a formidable achievement and I'm puzzled that people don't acknowledge that anymore. The tournament will be a joke without him, let's face reality.

You are right anout the tournament and also about his achievment but I don't think doing away with immigration rules during covid is the acknowledgement that his achiements should command. I know rules have been bent many times for other sportsmen and women but it's highly debateable if that should have happened and him being unvaccinated also doesn't work in his favour. Sometimes, whoever you are, rules is rules. Australia is also well known to be tough on immigration.

[TwoWolves]

You are right anout the tournament and also about his achievment but I don't think doing away with immigration rules during covid is the acknowledgement that his achiements should command. I know rules have been bent many times for other sportsmen and women but it's highly debateable if that should have happened and him being unvaccinated also doesn't work in his favour. Sometimes, whoever you are, rules is rules. Australia is also well known to be tough on immigration.

I understand that he has caught the virus and recovered. That makes him a very low risk, this is just an asinine application of rather brittle rules. He is no risk to anyone and the hysteria it has generated is simply not proportional to the risks.

[NotAllThere]

I understand that he has caught the virus and recovered.

If it was recent, that would have been fine and there wouldn't have been a story. But if it is true he's had it once, it clearly wasn't recent enough, and therefore he needed to be vaccinated before going to Australia. Just like everyone else. His choice. He's the one who's let the public down, he's the one who's made the tournament into a joke.

Quite rightly he's the one being vilified.

[DoctorStrangelove]

If you want to see asinine enforcement of brittle rules, you need to watch "Nothing to Declare".