allowed to play. as we discovered in the affidavits overnight, for the first time djokovic has said, he is unvaccinated. the question we as tennis media put to him several times over the past four years and it is a question he has refused to answer. finally evidence from his own mouth he is unvaccinated. had he had a vaccination shot at some time in 2021 this would never have happened. in 2021 this would never have happened- in 2021 this would never have ha ened. . .. ., ., in 2021 this would never have ha ened. . ~ ., ., , our correspondent guy de launey is in the serb capital, belgrade. all eyes are going to be there because novak djokovic will be joining his dad via video link in just under two hours. that joining his dad via video link in just under two hours.- joining his dad via video link in just under two hours. that is right. we came along just under two hours. that is right. we came along to just under two hours. that is right. we came along to the just under two hour
before in the past, long before this moment, about how these are uncomfortable environments for her. and so to me, it seems like there was an opportunity to have a workable solution and the french open abandoned that. it s really a strange concept, it s called a pool reporter. they c why not assign a reporter to naomi osaka, get her responses and distribute them to the rest of the reporters. but unfortunately she s seeing firsthand how the tennis media and a lot of media have treated the williams sisters their entire career so can you blame her to not loving those environments. don t get me started on the tennis media. growing up, i watched tennis media as black players, especially the williams sisters were brute force and white players were using their mind. tennis media has never had a reputation they should be proud
lost the tournament or lost this match? how do you come back from this? it s brutal. that said, there will be people who watch this and say okay, she might make a million dollars by play thing tournament. so what we want to know is the psyche of a professional athlete. we want to hear about this. how is that going to play out, do you think? i ve also heard from several members of the media, of the tennis media, who put forward this point of saying when you go to a place like france, it s incredibly important among local media, smaller outfits. but remember, tennis is huge in eastern europe where they send the one newspaper to get the quote from naomi osaka. so this is important to spreading is gospel of tennis to small towns across the world, really. so i get why they see it as that important. but i also think naomi osaka would be willing to work with these publications and figure out how to speak about the post