there s one american player who s made the quarterfinals twice, tennys sandgren, he pulled out of the australian open citing vaccination rules. he is unvaccinated and does not want to be, but he did not apply for an exemption. djokovic did apply and it was granted. all this takes place in melbourne, in victoria which has been through a lockdown hell, i think many people there would say. how has this gone down? not well at all. it has created a great deal of bad will towards the tournament and djokovic and whoever else s perceived possible to make responsible for bending the rules. that is how it is being perceived here. there is a great deal of frustration is a major covid spike is happening with hundreds of lines and people waiting around the city for tests and shortages of home tests and it is a tough time and itjust furthers the perception that there is different treatment for stars or celebrities than there is for the average
probably about 26 applications and only a handful were granted and those include both players and support staff. we don t know about any other exemptions. there is one american player, tennys sandgren, he pulled out of the australian open citing vaccination rules. he is unvaccinated and does not want to be, but he did not apply for an exemption. djokovic did apply and it was granted. all of this takes place in melbourne, in victoria which has been through a lockdown hell, i think is how many people would describe it. how has this gone down? not well at all. it has created a great deal of bad will towards the tournament and djokovic and whoever else s perceived possible to make responsible for bending the rules. there is a great deal of frustration is a major covid spike is happening with hundreds of lines and people waiting around the city for tests and shortages of home tests and it is a tough time