Tennis: Australian Open tiptoes around vaccination minefield
MELBOURNE - Torn between a love of sport, public health fears and Novak Djokovic's Grand Slam record bid,
Four days later, however, the waters were muddied again with a leaked email from the Women's Tennis Association telling players that unvaccinated athletes would still be welcome if they were prepared to do a 14-day quarantine. His absence would rob the tournament of arguably its biggest name, while leaving the record bid in limbo.An "abundance of caution" has been Australia's mantra through the pandemic with the country's borders effectively sealed for 18 months.
Professional athletes, meanwhile, are under a vaccine mandate in Victoria which also covers coaches, officials, media and other staff involved in elite competition. "Even if that means game, set and match for world number one Novak Djokovic. It’s double vax or default," Greg Baum wrote in Melbourne newspaper The Age.
The stakes are high not just for 34-year-old Djokovic -- a significant proportion of players remain unvaccinated, although the uptake is growing.
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