November 25th, Tiley said "one or two players" had medical exemptions..... December 9th, Tiley said "There's been no medical exemptions....."

[Deleted member 770948]

November 25:
Tiley said there were "one or two players" who had medical exemptions from vaccination but the exemptions were in line with Victoria's health rules.

Australian Open director expects up to 90-95 percent of players to be vaccinated by January

Craig Tiley said Victoria state's strict vaccination mandate had motivated players to get their shots before Melbourne Park, where fans and staff will also be banned if unvaccinated.

www.indiatoday.in

December 9:
Tiley said "I've seen reports this morning. There's been no medical exemptions that have been granted at this point."

No medical exemptions granted to Australian Open players -Tiley

No tennis players hoping to compete at the Australian Open have yet been granted medical exemption from vaccination, tournament director Craig Tiley said on Thursday, as he reiterated that everyone at Melbourne Park would need to be fully inoculated.

www.reuters.com

 

[Jokervich]

What's with all the threads on this subject? Are people trying to figure out if Djokovic has an exemption?

 

[weakera]

Looks like Serena's exemption was revoked, wow. You would think Nike would hook her up.

 

[Subway Tennis]

November 25:
Tiley said there were "one or two players" who had medical exemptions from vaccination but the exemptions were in line with Victoria's health rules.

Australian Open director expects up to 90-95 percent of players to be vaccinated by January

Craig Tiley said Victoria state's strict vaccination mandate had motivated players to get their shots before Melbourne Park, where fans and staff will also be banned if unvaccinated.

www.indiatoday.in

December 9:
Tiley said "I've seen reports this morning. There's been no medical exemptions that have been granted at this point."

No medical exemptions granted to Australian Open players -Tiley

No tennis players hoping to compete at the Australian Open have yet been granted medical exemption from vaccination, tournament director Craig Tiley said on Thursday, as he reiterated that everyone at Melbourne Park would need to be fully inoculated.

www.reuters.com

I wonder if it means that there were one or two players who did technically qualify, but who sought out vaccination anyway, and as such are no longer seeking the exemption?

EDIT: @weakera has a good point, Serena may have been one of the players holding an exemption, but she has since withdrawn with injury so the exemption no longer needed in her case.

 

[Deleted member 770948]

I wonder if it means that there were one or two players who did technically qualify, but who sought out vaccination anyway, and as such are no longer seeking the exemption?

Its possible, but I recall some very messy and misleading statements Tiley made in past years, and it wouldn't surprised me if one of his statements were false.

 

[Deleted member 770948]

IF the exemption were in effect during November and have since been removed, then I think Tiley would have been wise to say "there were a couple of players with exemptions, but those exemptions are no longer necessary for those players".
Instead he said "I've seen reports this morning. There's been no medical exemptions that have been granted at this point."

 

[weakera]

IF the exemption were in effect during November and have since been removed, then I think Tiley would have been wise to say "there were a couple of players with exemptions, but those exemptions are no longer necessary for those players".
Instead he said "I've seen reports this morning. There's been no medical exemptions that have been granted at this point."

It likely means that they were going to offer exemptions but that his masters set him straight and are using him as a puppet to deliver their messages.

 

[Bartelby]

Yes, right, how terrible of a democratically-elected government that hugely subsidises the tournament to make it follow a simple set of rules.

It likely means that they were going to offer exemptions but that his masters set him straight and are using him as a puppet to deliver their messages.

 

[Vlad_C]

Theoretical queston: If there was no prize money involved, how many players would be boycotting the AO in protest for all the human rights violations going on over there?

 

[jeroenn]

Theoretical queston: If there was no prize money involved, how many players would be boycotting the AO in protest for all the human rights violations going on over there?

huh?