champion. today, he delivered. what champion. today, he delivered. what ou think champion. today, he delivered. what you think was champion. today, he delivered. what you think was so champion. today, he delivered. what you think was so remarkable about his game? he you think was so remarkable about his name? ., , . ., , you think was so remarkable about his name? , . ., , ., his game? he has such variety and i think that s his game? he has such variety and i think that s what his game? he has such variety and i think that s what makes his game? he has such variety and i think that s what makes him - his game? he has such variety and i think that s what makes him so - think that s what makes him so attractive to so many people. he has attractive to so many people. he has a character, he smiles, he looks like he s enjoying it even though he is under so much pressure. to play the tenors that he does in the exciting manner that he does, he just attracts fans to the sport. he did
and i think that s what makes him so attractive to so many people. he has the character, he smiles. he looks like he s enjoying it even under the utmost pressure. and wow, there s no more pressure than serving for a grand slam at five, four in the fifth, and to play the tennis that he does in the exciting manner that he does, he just attracts fans. he attracts fans to the sport. it s wonderful to watch. you didn t get the feeling at all, or at least i didn t get the feeling at all, that he lost his nerve. not for one minute during that match? well, he could easily have lost his nerve, having lost that first set really so easily. certainly the score of 6 1 tells its own story. to hang in there, particularly against the undisputed champion of recent years, novak djokovic, somebody that s so experienced at the highest level. and to then come back and, hey, second set, he won a tiebreak. novak doesn t lose tie breaks or not many anyway. and he held on even under
i was one prior, so i know. so they are really thinking about their own draw, how they re playing and what s going on. they re not really concerned because novak doesn t sort of mean anything to them unless he s one of your opponents. they are sticking to their own matches, practices and worrying about themselves. i m sure they will be very happy when this is over and done with at some point. i see no reason or avenue for this to be overturned by the australian minister. but if somehow djokovic does end up playing, what do you think the reaction will be when he takes the court? it will be a little bit mixed. expats live here, particularly in melbourne. he gets a rousing response from him. the majority of the australian public won t be necessarily on his side. he will get a little bit of some boos to come his way because
to face this throughout the world. but in australia in particular this country is really, really tough on anyone coming into the country at all. i just want to remind people that djokovic himself admitted this week that he broke covid protocols. and after he tested positive, after he knowingly tested positive, he sat down for an interview with journalists with covid. he also admitted his travel documents were wrong, that there were lies on his travel documents to enter australia. so people need to know that is part of the situation. so, rennae, this is three days before the beginning of the open. yeah. what are you hearing from the players there about the turmoil that this is causing? well, i mean, quite frankly, most of the players are pretty much over it. i think a lot of people are over it, including novak. but mainly the tennis players, they re on, you know, dennis players are pretty selfish in their own right. they have been in their own little bubble.
think a lot of the players share in talking about that this isn t we are not talking about tennis. this is take over all the headlines and doesn t look good for really anyone. i think the government doesn t look good in this, novak doesn t look good in this and it is sad one of if not our greatest champion is going to possibly be remembered, especially this year, for this incident and this situation. um, it really i wish it had been from the beginning handled a little more clearly, little more transparency from the government, from novak, as to what was gonna happen. and how the treatment should be fair. i mean, how much of this back and forth could have been avoided if this wasn t a huge international star? i mean, for better or for worse. yeah. i mean, we saw a female player that was supported and there was not much news around her. she feels like she was not treated fairly as well but there haven t been as many stories about her you so i think it is a bit of a double-edged s