Novak Djokovic 'really hurt' by behind-the-scenes reaction from fellow tennis stars
The 34-year-old's 2022 season got off to a horrible beginning after he was unable to shield his Australian Open title in Melbourne.
Djokovic, an enemy of vaxxer, showed up from Dubai toward the beginning of January subsequent to getting a clinical exception to contend.
Nonetheless, he then, at that point, confronted a fourteen day adventure, remembering two unique spells for a migration detainment lodging, coming full circle in his visa being renounced and his removal from Australia.
What's more in a new meeting, the world number one drilled down into how he was 'wounded' by the response among his associates in the midst of the media storm.
He told the BBC: "I was free for four days, and I was preparing, yet it was anything but an ordinary kind of preparing days I would regularly have before Grand Slam contests.
"I had helicopters hovering over each and every instructional meeting that I had at Rod Laver Arena, cameras out of control. Likewise, my associates, that truly harmed me a ton.
"I felt that energy and those looks from my partners and individuals that were in the tennis office, and clearly, I comprehend that they had a discernment that depended on the thing they were seeing from media reports.
"[But] I couldn't and wasn't going out to the media in light of the thing I had recently said about regarding the legitimate cycle and regarding the Australian Open."
Djokovic has likewise itemized his hurricane fourteen days Down Under, from his treatment in detainment to mass consideration during his concise spell of opportunity.
"It certainly wasn't lovely, however I would rather not stay here and gripe about conditions in that confinement place since I remained seven days," the Serb clarified.
"Indeed, I felt feeble. At the point when I showed up there, I wasn't permitted to involve my telephone for three-four hours. It was the center of the evening, from 1am to 9am.
"I didn't get any rest since I was going through scrutinizing like clockwork, essentially.