Novak Djokovic: Serbia’s legendary tennis player Novak Djokovic will be seen in action in the Australian Open 2025, before which he has surprised everyone by making a big claim.
Novak Djokovic: Serbia’s legendary tennis player Novak Djokovic is once again in the news. He is ready to show his talent in Australian Open 2025. Earlier, he had made a sensational claim saying that he was given poison in his food during the Australian Open 2022. This revelation of his has created a stir in the sports world.
In fact, during the 2022 Australian Open, Djokovic had refused to get the Covid-19 vaccine, due to which his visa was canceled and he was sent back from Australia. Before returning home, he was kept in a hotel in Melbourne. Regarding the same time, Djokovic recently made a big revelation in an interview given to GQ magazine.
Novak Djokovic says when he was detained during Australian Open in 2021, he was fed food that poisoned him
Novak: “I had a paper with like a hundred items: from toothbrush, toothpaste, water, food, whatever. And I had to choose, tick the certain boxes, and each of these items… pic.twitter.com/PXm8dKWcqQ
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) January 9, 2025
Novak Djokovic made a sensational revelation
Djokovic said, ‘In the hotel in Melbourne, I was given food which contained poison. When I returned to Serbia, I discovered that I had very high levels of heavy metals in my body. Very high levels of mercury and lead were found in me.
What was the matter?
In fact, during the Covid havoc in 2022, there was a rule in Australia that no player could enter the country without Covid-19 vaccination. Djokovic was accused of giving false information while traveling to Melbourne to participate in the Grand Slam. For this reason his visa was cancelled. Djokovic fought a legal battle for this and during this time he was kept in a hotel in Melbourne.
Accusations on Australian government (Novak Djokovic)
Novak Djokovic said that he has no complaints against the people of Australia. Many Australian citizens had apologized to him for the attitude of their government. He said that now the government has changed and he has got the visa back.
Will return in Australian Open 2025
Novak Djokovic is now ready to play in the Australian Open 2025. He has won 24 Grand Slam titles and this time he will be seen trying hard to win his 11th Australian Open. Fans are desperate to see him in action once again.
No Grand Slam won after 2017 (Novak Djokovic)
Djokovic won the Olympic gold medal in 2024, but has not won any Grand Slam title since 2017. In this tournament he would like to end the drought of Grand Slam title.
How was Djokovic’s career?
Novak Djokovic is the first player to win 24 Grand Slams. He won his first Grand Slam title from the Australian Open in 2008 and has won it 10 times so far. He is a 3-time French Open champion. Apart from this, he has won the US Open 4 times. 7 time Wimbledon winner.