Novak Djokovic gave an extensive interview to the latest edition of the Australian magazine GQ, in which he returned to the controversial deportation, in 2022, which prevented him from competing in the Australian Open, as he was not vaccinated against Covid-19.
In the Serbian's opinion, this decision was due, above all, to the fact that he was seen as a "hero" by the anti-vaccine movement that, at the time, was taking hold in the country: "It was political. It really had nothing to do with the vaccine, Covid-19 or anything else. It was just political. The politicians couldn't stand having me there."
"My stance is the same today as it was a few years ago. I'm not pro-vaccine. I'm not anti-vaccine. I'm pro-freedom of choice about what's best for you and your body. When someone takes away my right to choose what I accept in my body, I don't think it's right," he said.
However, the current number seven in the world tennis hierarchy did not stop there, and claimed to have been poisoned at the time: "I had some health problems. And I realized that, in that hotel in Melbourne, I was given food that poisoned me."
"Well, I had some discoveries when I returned to Serbia. I've never said this to anyone publicly, but it was discovered that I had very high levels of hard metals. Hard metals. I had lead, very high levels of lead and mercury," he revealed.
"Yes, I felt quite ill. It was like a flu, just a simple flu, but a few days later it took me down a lot. I went through it several times, and I had to do toxicology tests," he added.
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