There he Djos again!
Perpetually annoying tennis world No. 1 Novak Djokovic infuriated the entire country of Australia Tuesday when it was announced he’d been given a ridiculous “medical exemption” to play in the upcoming Australian Open without having been vaccinated. It’s a requirement for everyone else.
Australia actually still bars most outsiders from crossing its borders, and returning Aussies and a few special exceptions (like tennis players) must be double vaccinated to enter.
However, by Wednesday, after an avalanche of backlash and an eight-hour standoff at the Melbourne airport over a visa mishap, the Australian government rightly told Djokovic to hop on a plane back home.
Just another day in the life of the entitled, whiny, rich, loathsome Novak Djokovic.
That he even applied for an exemption, granted by a crowd-and-relevance-desperate Tennis Australia, was always an absolute joke. The Serbian champ, 34, is about as physically fit and healthy as a human can be. He came within a single match of winning the Grand Slam (taking all four majors in a calendar year) at the 2021 U.S. Open — a godly feat. He’s had more weeks in the No. 1 spot than any man in the Open Era (354) and is playing better than he ever has before. His only underlying condition is total dominance.
And yet the frown-faced millionaire is clamoring for a doctor’s note like a little boy.
Novak Djokovic’s entitled behavior is nothing new. Annie Wermiel/NY PostSuch childish petulance is typical of Djokovic, who started his career famed for uncontrolled outbursts and retiring early from matches. He is so desperate to be loved by fans — his cute stunts on social media are nauseating — but does everything in his power to ensure that his poster will never replace that of good-guys Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer on anybody’s wall. He could win 50 slams — but he’s still flippin’ Novak Djokovic.
Recall his abhorrent behavior at the pandemic-hobbled 2020 U.S. Open. First, he threw a hissy fit when the USTA forced players to stay in a COVID-safe bubble at a Queens hotel. His immature hemming and hawing worked. Djokovic, unlike eventual champ Dominic Thiem and 2021 winner Daniil Medvedev, was allowed to rent a beautiful private house in the woods.
The natural serenity of his temporary abode did not, however, calm him down enough to prevent him from carelessly hitting a ball in anger which struck a line judge’s throat during his fourth-round match against Pablo Carreno Busta. The line judge fell to the ground and desperately gasped for air.
Djokovic — a No. 1 who’s all about No. 1 — showed a thimble of concern for a minute. The injured judge was then taken off the court and the petty champ begged to not be disqualified for his egregious offense. Sort of like that time you accidentally threw a stapler at your colleague’s face and asked if everybody could pretend it never happened. He was, thankfully, booted from the tournament.
Earlier that year, Djokovic organized the ill-fated Adria Tour, a PR disaster no-social-distancing special exhibition put on while the rest of the tour was rightly suspended in the nascent days of the pandemic. Remember, there were no vaccines and limited treatments yet. Novak no care! Djokovic and a boatload of other players quickly tested positive after clubbing shirtless in Belgrade, Serbia.
All the while, he’d say he was “opposed to vaccination,” like he was reading aloud one of Jenny McCarthy’s books at a Goop conference.
Djokovic’s career has been filled with complaining to tournament officials of all kinds. Getty ImagesNobody likes this guy! When he retired from his first-round match against Stan Wawrinka at the 2019 U.S. Open, the crowd booed. Had the beloved Federer left with a similar elbow injury, there would’ve been more sobbing than at a Catholic funeral.
But at his nearly historic 2021 final match at Flushing Meadows, he made some new admirers — people who liked him for him and not just his undeniable athleticism — as he showed his human side. Nervous and tired, he was walloped in straight sets by Medvedev and the coveted Grand Slam slipped from his usually ironclad grasp. His loser speech afterwards was gracious and kind.
And a fluke. The real Djokovic is a pathetic man who complains and attempts to manipulate politicians to bend to his selfish whims in order to pet his insatiable ego.
Well done, Australian government, for having the guts to say “No” to Novak.




