Craig Tiley wasn’t concerned with talking an excessive amount of about Novak Djokovic’s declare that he was poisoned earlier than his notorious Australia deportation because the Australian Open event director insists his understanding is that the Serb has moved on from what occurred a couple of years in the past.
Simply earlier than the beginning of this yr’s Joyful Slam, the file 24-time Grand Slam champion instructed GQ journal that he was poisoned whereas detained in Australia in 2022 January.
“I realized that in that hotel in Melbourne, I was fed with some food that poisoned me. I never told this to anybody publicly… but I had really high levels of heavy metals—lead and mercury,” the 37-year-old instructed GQ.
Earlier than this allegation, Djokovic additionally shared that he has been experiencing “a bit of trauma” each time he lands in Australia because the visa saga.
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The trauma revelation made the headlines however not as many because the one through which the previous world No. 1 claimed that he was as soon as poisoned in Australia.
Tiley on Djokovic’s feedback: I am not concerned with going again there
“I mean, I’m around him a lot, and my view is that he’s moved on. He’s thinking about what he needs to do this week, what he needs to do tomorrow,” the Australian Open boss said, via The Brisbane Times.
“He wants to win this event. Every conversation is absolutely focused on that. I honestly look at that [as] in the past and even myself personally, I don’t go back there.
“I’m not interested in going back there, and I’m more interested in my role to deliver an awesome event the next two weeks.”
When requested to deal with in his pre-tournament press convention, Djokovic mentioned he wished to give attention to tennis and never on that.
In the meantime, the file 10-time Australian Open champion faces Nishvesh Basavareddy in his opener at Melbourne Park.
