Novak Djokovic He has a love-hate relationship with Australia, stemming from his Grand Slam victory held in Melbourne and a memory that sticks in his mind and heart, when he missed the 2022 edition, when the Covid pandemic still means restrictions. .severe in the antipodes.
His failure to vaccinate against the coronavirus caused the Minister of Immigration to decide to revoke his entry visa to the country and deport him. Previously, the ten-time champion of the Australian Open (nine before, since the tenth fell in 2023) even spent periods of imprisonment in a lonely hotel intended for immigrants while waiting for a resolution.
In an interview with GQ magazine, which will be published in Spain on January 28, Novak Djokovic surprised by the revelation of a new episode on the subject that he had not expressed publicly.
His complaint is serious, although he has yet to receive an official response, although GQ assures that it has contacted the relevant Australian authorities. Novak Djokovic entered Australia early on this occasion, as he played the ATP in Brisbane before opening 2025 and headed to Melbourne, where on Thursday night he was the star of the show ‘Djokovic and Friends’, which brings together together with colleagues at an exhibition, friends and celebrities.
As revealed Djokovic“they poisoned me.” He remembers that “when I got home, I had some health problems. And I realized that in that hotel in Melbourne they gave me something to eat that poisoned me which he assured me was “the only way,” in through food.
It is based on the fact that “I discovered some things when I returned to Serbia. I didn’t tell anyone in public, but I discovered that I have very high levels of heavy metals. Heavy metals. I have lead, very high levels of lead and mercury.”
He explained that “I felt very sick when I returned to Europe. It was like a flu, a simple flu. But over the days I was affected so much that I had to call an emergency medical team to treat I’m at home. I had a couple of times and then I had to take toxicology tests,” he said of an issue that continues to draw a line.
His failure to vaccinate gave rise to much discussion during the worst of the pandemic. “I did not feel that I needed the vaccine. I just did not feel. I am a healthy person, I take care of my body and my health. As a professional athlete, I am very aware of what I consume and regularly I’m doing tests, blood tests and so on, all kinds of tests I know what’s going on with me I’m not a threat to anyone because I have antibodies.”
He comments that “I am not pro-vaccine. I am not anti-vaccine. I am in favor of the freedom to choose what is right for you and for your body. So it does not seem right to me that someone denies me the right to choose what should I take or not.” for my body.”
He said that episode in Australia was “a political thing. Actually, it had nothing to do with the vaccine or Covid or anything. It was political. The politicians couldn’t handle me being there. I don’t think it was how harmful for them.. to deport me than to hide me there.
Source: La Verdad
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