Andy Murray has refused to criticise Novak Djokovic after the world No 1’s Australian visa was cancelled for a second time, saying: “I’m not going to begin kicking Novak while he’s down.”
Immigration minister Alex Hawke intervened on Friday to revoke Djokovic’s visa on public well being grounds, after the unvaccinated tennis participant had fought for an exemption to Australia’s strict guidelines on guests being vaccinated towards Covid-19.
After successful an exciting match on the ATP to succeed in the ultimate, defeating Reilly Opelka 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, Murray reiterated his level that the visa saga has been detrimental for everybody concerned.
“It’s not a great state of affairs. I’m not going to take a seat right here and begin kicking Novak while he’s down,” Murray mentioned. “I imply, I mentioned it the opposite day, it’s not a great state of affairs for anybody.
“It’s unlucky that it’s ended up on this form of state of affairs, and who is aware of? I don’t know what the method is from now. I don’t know what route he goes down, if he can attraction that and the way lengthy that takes, and might he nonetheless be out practising while that course of is happening or nonetheless competing within the match?
“I simply need it clearly to get resolved. I believe it may very well be good for everybody if that was the case. It simply looks as if it’s dragged on for fairly a very long time now and it’s not nice for tennis, not nice for the Australian Open, not nice for Novak. Clearly lots of people have criticised the federal government right here, as properly. It’s not been good.”
Djokovic is ready to attraction towards this newest choice, however time is working out with the match as a result of begin on Monday.
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