“If he were a 20-year-old player, if he were at the beginning of his journey, the situation would be different. However, in any case, he can afford what no one else can. He has eggs for this.” But the tennis coach was still firmly on the world No 7’s side as he also criticised the American government’s travel restrictions that stopped Djokovic from playing the recent US Open.
“In general, the whole situation around Covid is sheer hypocrisy,” he claimed, accusing authorities of punishing the Serb for being a well-known figure. “Djokovic could not enter the same US Open, although there have long been no anti-Covid restrictions in the US itself. But for foreigners, vaccination is mandatory. Why he suffers – because politicians do not like it when a person is famous and does something against them.”