LIVE: Ex-coach urges Novak to 'make changes'

Novak Djokovic's erstwhile manager Boris Becker has repeated his telephone for the satellite No.1 to get vaccinated, saying the Australian Open saga whitethorn acceptable a precedent for different Grand Slams crossed the globe.

Speaking to Eurosport Germany, Becker, who coached Djokovic betwixt 2013 and 2016, said things volition lone get tougher for the Serbian prima successful airy of the Australian government's determination to revoke his visa for a 2nd time.

"I don't deliberation it volition get easier for him," Becker said.

"The French Open and Wimbledon are looking precise intimately astatine the concern successful Australia.

"If helium wants to proceed to absorption connected tennis, helium has to marque immoderate changes. Therefore, my sentiment would be: Novak, effort to realise that it volition beryllium easier for you if you are vaccinated. Whether helium volition bash that, I don't know."

In a abstracted interrogation past week, Becker labelled Djokovic's determination to stay unvaccinated "a large mistake… 1 that threatens what remains of his vocation and his accidental to cement himself arsenic the top subordinate of each time."

During his chat with Eurosport, the German tennis great, who won Wimbledon astatine the property of 17, said the full process has been little than desirable, highlighting the relation of Australian authorities officials and Tennis Australia.

"I americium not idiosyncratic who points fingers astatine people, but they are not wholly guiltless successful the catastrophe astir Novak Djokovic," helium said.

"But helium has to wage the measure each by himself. I anticipation the planetary media present volition instrumentality a adjacent look astatine who is liable for each the mistakes."

Becker, who counts Djokovic arsenic a adjacent friend, said conscionable due to the fact that Djokovic doesn't clasp the aforesaid views connected vaccination arsenic others, doesn't marque him a "bad person".

"If you don't get vaccinated, it doesn't automatically marque you a atrocious person," helium said. "I got vaccinated and boosted, but I'm successful my fifties.

"There are galore radical who stock Novak's view, trust connected their beardown immune strategy and possibly person a antithetic presumption of the world. As a antiauthoritarian society, we should besides let these different opinions."

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Obviously we'll person a beardown absorption connected the predicament facing Novak Djokovic and his visa problems.

As his lawyers record an entreaty to support the satellite No.1 successful Australia agelong capable to support his Australian Open title, the star's doc has taken a swipe astatine the Australian authorities implicit the telephone to revoke his visa for a 2nd time.

Dr Igor Cetojevic, a Bosnian-born Serb who lives successful Cyprus who is wide credited with helping Djokovic to the apical of his crippled by implementing a strict diet, called retired the Australian authorities for being disquieted astir the hazard a "super healthy" Djokovic posed.

"It's absurd that idiosyncratic who has optimal wellness is simply a menace to the wellness of the public," Dr Igor Cetojevic, told AFP.

"How tin a ace steadfast feline beryllium a menace for the Australian Open," the 60-year-old doc said, laughing retired loud.

"It's each politics, it starts with politics, not thing else," said Cetojevic, who describes himself arsenic a qualified aesculapian doc who uses energetical medicine, Chinese medicine and a holistic attack to healing.

The doc claimed Djokovic had each close to beryllium hesitant astir getting the vaccine and that his show would "definitely" beryllium harmed if helium was to beryllium vaccinated.

"These alleged vaccines are, successful fact, experimental products that person not been clinically proven.

"I'm seeing patients these days, mean radical who followed the proposal to beryllium injected, who are present facing large wellness issues.

"The full thought is to provoke the body's immune system, but... we are each different. Some radical person antithetic reactions.

"If you person the champion car for Formula One and you enactment the incorrect petrol inside, what volition happen?" the doc added.

"He respects himself, helium is alert and a astute idiosyncratic and helium learns from his mistakes and helium besides from bully choices. Luckily, gathering maine 10 years ago, his beingness changed."