the only thing talked about was the whole djokovic situation. so, i think tennis is dying to get on with it, and it s really been a very unfortunate chapter in professional major tennis history. so much has been overshadowed by all of the controversy. should it have been allowed to get this far, pam? no. in most of our opinion, the medical exemption was really shady from the start. the deadline for exemptions was supposed to be september the 10th, and the only way you could get an exemption was pretty clear, and it was not because you tested positive. there s been many, many documents put out by the federal government. remember, it s the border, it s the immigration. it s not about a medical panel that tennis australia or the victorian government. that s not who controls the borders. those of us who have been coming
right. he is in love with the australian open, he has one nine times and have a great chance to become the all time leader in terms of grand slams because of the absence of other players, won, he is desperate to take it, he is 3a and time is against him and a ban will finish his association with australia and what has been one of the most successful runs in tennis history and that then impacts on his sponsors because, you know, he has not got the same profile, the same profile as he had done if you are not playing in all the majors. are not playing in all the majes are not playing in all the ma ors. . ., ~ , are not playing in all the ma ors. . . ~ , ., majors. we are all keeping a close eye. majors. we are all keeping a close eye, and majors. we are all keeping a close eye, and thank - majors. we are all keeping a close eye, and thank you - majors. we are all keeping a close eye, and thank you for| close eye, and thank you for being on the programme with your thoughts on the s
that he knows if he can win once again in melbourne, it would give him a 21st grand slam title and that would make him the most successful player in men s tennis history in terms of grand slam titles. other players have been weighing in. let s just put up a full screen of the major tournaments coming up. as of now djokovic is going to be competing in the australian open. we still need that to be fully rubber stamped. that one starting a week today. then we have the french open in paris, wimbledon later on this year in london and later on in new york city for the u.s. open. that s the time line in terms of grand slam opportunities trying to get number 21. rafa nadal, the spanish legend, also trying to get to number 1. a day ago he must have thought his path potentially to that title looked a lot clearer. not so as of right now but we
that affects his legacy, career, tennis history. the fact that he can afford to have, you know, a lawyer fight this for him, where the other two people who were in the same situation, you know, sort of an obscure double specialist and an official had to go home and they had already gotten in. it is going to be very interesting because right now, the governments and the tennis organization that runs the australian open are just leaking to the media everywhere. letters and, you know, back and forth to try to buttress their own cases, but ultimately, you know, djokovic holds a share of the blame, both governments do, and tennis australia does, and i m not sure how they re going to apportion that, but it just feels expensive. wow. stephanie miles, have you given us some great insight here. thank you for taking time for us. take good care. it s hard to believe that some trump supporters are still