Novak Djokovic appears free to defend French Open title as France lifts vaccine passport rules

[clayqueen]

By
Ben Snowball
Updated 03/03/2022 at 13:25 GMT
Novak Djokovic appears free to defend his Roland Garros title after France relaxed its rules surrounding Covid vaccine passports.
The world No. 2 was caught up in a protracted saga surrounding his vaccination status at the Australian Open – a high-profile case that ended with him being deported on the eve of the tournament.

Djokovic appears free to play Roland Garros as France lifts vaccine pass rules

Novak Djokovic appears free to defend his Roland Garros title after France relaxed its rules surrounding Covid vaccine passports.

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[MichaelNadal]

Bring it

 

[TheNachoMan]

France wants the good tennis. Great country.

 

[Nadal_King]

Bring on Nadal vs Djokovic battles on clay

 

[TheAssassin]

Let the Triple Career Slam start loading, lads.

 

[llgtennislegend]

Let's get the party started!!!

 

[DSH]

Finally, the Djokovic saga is about to end and what better way for the guy to "stand up for himself" on the court instead of spouting every nonsense.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Let the Triple Career Slam start loading, lads.

Beating Nadal (again) after all this drama would be crispy af.

 

[Sport]

Excellent news for tennis.

 

[DSH]

Let the Triple Career Slam start loading, lads.

The only one who is going to win the TSS will be Nadal at Wimbledon 2022.

 

[StrongRule]

As if that was ever in doubt. And there is zero doubt that if Nadal and Djokovic will meet in this "tournament", the match will again be played late at night, at the most perfect conditions for Djokovic. The organizers are his fanboys.

 

[TheNachoMan]

The only one who is going to win the TSS will be Nadal at Wimbledon 2022.

Nadal would have to win AO and Wimbledon again to win TCGS. Not happening.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Let the Triple Career Slam start loading, lads.

My goodness he’s so gross omg

 

[TheNachoMan]

My goodness he’s so epic omg

Slay

 

[MichaelNadal]

Slay

I dunno how y’all do it lol I’m literally scraping the ground for a redeeming quality

 

[DSH]

Nadal would have to win AO and Wimbledon again to win TCGS. Not happening.

It is not the Triple Career Grand Slam but the Triple Surface Slam.
Come on, NachoMan, learn to differentiate the acronyms!

 

[TheAssassin]

My goodness he’s so gross omg

I don't see the rusty peak golden injured Bull there...

 

[Djokovic2011]

My goodness he’s so gross omg

You've not seen that gif before? Oh and it was epic AF btw.

 

[TheNachoMan]

I dunno how y’all do it lol I’m literally scraping the ground for a redeeming quality

He’s honestly the only one out of the big 3 I could see myself having a good conversation with. Fed and Nadal don’t seem like interesting personalities to me.

 

[Kralingen]

Hold your horses everyone … the problem was never Nole getting into the country.

There is still a vaccination requirement to enter Roland Garros the facility under French law. This could be lifted but given Macron’s comments about pissing off the unvaccinated, it’s not a done deal…

 

[MichaelNadal]

You've not seen that gif before? Oh and it was epic AF btw.

I try not to see Djokovic anywhere he’s like a wet booger, or a fingerprint on Jello.

 

[Deleted member 748597]

@Lleytonstation is the GOAT.

 

[Tiki-Taka]

Excellent news. For me, nobody should be restricted to such extent over this matter. And we have a much richer tournament with someone of Novak's quality participating.

Good luck to him trying to defend Roland Garros this time... He will need it.

 

[Deleted member 748597]

My goodness he’s so gross omg

Zverev is not gross, no?

 

[TheNachoMan]

Zverev is not gross, no?

Zverev will be gross if he starts beating Nadal consistently.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Zverev is not gross, no?

There was like 3 months where he wasn’t, but he definitely is again

 

[DSH]

Zverev will be gross if he starts beating Nadal consistently.

At Majors?
ImpossibleDal!

 

[Kralingen]

As if that was ever in doubt. And there is zero doubt that if Nadal and Djokovic will meet in this "tournament", the match will again be played late at night, at the most perfect conditions for Djokovic. The organizers are his fanboys.

Wow, like clockwork StrongRule just appears to complain about Djokovic at the French Open…

 

[Deleted member 748597]

There was like 3 months where he wasn’t, but he definitely is again

But you like Zverev.

 

[MichaelNadal]

But you like Zverev.

“There was like 3 months where he wasn’t“

 

[TheNachoMan]

But you like Zverev.

He appears to have removed him from his signature. #cancelled

 

[Deleted member 748597]

“There was like 3 months where he wasn’t“

I see that you removed him from your signature a minute ago, lol.

 

[MichaelNadal]

I see that you removed him from your signature a minute ago, lol.

I sure did bc I forgot he was there. Alcaraz haden’t even been put in and how long has he been my boy?

 

[spottishwood]

.

 

[StrongRule]

Wow, like clockwork StrongRule just appears to complain about Djokovic at the French Open…

I'm sure you are the first person who call AO 2022 the asterisk open, but totally ignore the fact that RG is not anything close to what it used to be before. The conditions during night sessions are worse than 80% of the hardcourts, and it was obvious that they were added in order to help Djokovic dominate there.

 

[DSH]

Wow, like clockwork StrongRule just appears to complain about Djokovic at the French Open…

Makes sense.
What is the temperature in Paris when the matches are played in a night session?
How does it affect the bounce of the ball when played under those atypical conditions on a clay court?

 

[Deleted member 748597]

I sure did bc I forgot he was there. Alcaraz haden’t even been put in and how long has he been my boy?

It's fine now. I just wondered how you would respond to Zverev stuff.

 

[ewiewp]

What about US this months.

 

[Karma Tennis]

It is not the Triple Career Grand Slam but the Triple Surface Slam.

???

If Novak wins another Roland Garros Title, he would have won each of the four Major Singles Titles at least three times in his career. That is a Triple Career Grand Slam in Singles. He would be the first male player in the history of the sport to achieve it.

However, if Rafa wins another Roland Garros with Novak in the Draw, that would possibly elevate Rafa to an even higher level in many people's eyes - especially those who place the Major Titles count above everything else.

 

[Deleted member 762343]

Good. Will lose to Nadal in 4.

 

[MichaelNadal]

It's fine now. I just wondered how you would respond to Zverev stuff.

He doesn’t have a single gif where he looks that gross lol

 

[aldeayeah]

You've not seen that gif before? Oh and it was epic AF btw.

Eh the final celebration was OK but when he went ballistic after Matteo saved MP it was super uncool. Shoulda been warned.

 

[Biotic]

Bring it

 

[Deleted member 748597]

He doesn’t have a single gif where he looks that gross lol

Yeah, no one was there to create a gif of his best FH shot.

 

[DSH]

???

If Novak wins another Roland Garros Title, he would have won each of the four Major Singles Titles at least three times in his career. That is a Triple Career Grand Slam in Singles. He would be the first male player in the history of the sport to achieve it.

However, if Rafa wins another Roland Garros with Novak in the Draw, that would possibly elevate Rafa to an even higher level in many people's eyes - especially those who place the Major Titles count above everything else.

I replied to NachoMan that it will be Nadal who gets the Triple Surface Slam if he wins Wimbledon this season.
I am aware that Djokovic is only missing another RG title to get the TCGS while
Nadal is missing another Wimbledon and AO title to get that.

 

[Kralingen]

makes sense.
What is the temperature in Paris when the matches are played in a night session?
How does it affect the bounce of the ball when played under those atypical conditions on a clay court?

You seem like a nice guy, don’t give into the whole Djokovic Open thing.

This is who we’re talking about here:

Djokovic's serve right now is better than Isner's.

 

[DSH]

You seem like a nice guy, don’t give into the whole Djokovic Open thing.

This is who we’re talking about here:

But come on, isn't it true that Djokovic wouldn't have liked to face Nadal in last year's RG final in sunny conditions like his matchup against Tsitsipas turned out to be?

 

[Kralingen]

But come on, isn't it true that Djokovic wouldn't have liked to face Nadal in last year's RG final in sunny conditions like his matchup against Tsitsipas turned out to be?

I definitely think the night conditions helped Djokovic, but also consider that all of that was also true in RG 2020 and Nadal still won in straights. And yes, even back then, StrongRule was basically spamming match threads with the whole Djokovic Open meme stuff.

I just don't want clay season match threads ruined by a guy talking about how Nadal has no chance about 50x per thread. Which is, no exaggeration, this poster's contribution to the forum.

 

[Djokovic2011]

But come on, isn't it true that Djokovic wouldn't have liked to face Nadal in last year's RG final in sunny conditions like his matchup against Tsitsipas turned out to be?

You Nadal fans always have an excuse for whenever he loses at RG! Why can't any of you except that he can lose fair and square? It's all so mindnumbingly tedious.

 

[DSH]

I definitely think the night conditions helped Djokovic, but also consider that all of that was also true in RG 2020 and Nadal still won in straights. And yes, even back then, StrongRule was basically spamming match threads with the whole Djokovic Open meme stuff.

I just don't want clay season match threads ruined by a guy talking about how Nadal has no chance about 50x per thread. Which is, no exaggeration, this poster's contribution to the forum.

I support the motion!