Novak Djokovic has been deported following a 12-hour visa-related standoff in Melbourne. 5 days into the new year, the world No. 1 has already put himself at the center of one of the strangest stories in sports. chrisjalmeida & jon_wertheim discuss:
I think another mystery here is the Australian Open itself. The leadership of the tournament has done a pretty good job of divorcing itself from all this and basically saying, “Hey, look, this aint us. This is the government. This exemption process will be done blindly, anonymously.” And we can talk about that as well.
But yeah, you would think that a tennis tournament, if this were Roger Federer with Wimbledon or the French Open with Rafa Nadal, there would be a level of conversation where they would say, “Listen, this is really complicating matters for us. You're really putting us in a tight spot. Wet want to, God bless you, but please dont come. This is really going to complicate matters for us.” I mean, tennis is a small sport. Everyone knows everyone. There are a lot of side deals, there are a lot of.
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