{"id":12223,"date":"2022-01-24T17:25:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T23:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=12223"},"modified":"2022-07-11T22:07:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T04:07:57","slug":"djokovic-australian-open-covid-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/djokovic-australian-open-covid-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"novak djokovic misses out on australian open over covid rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

unfortunately for tennis fans, the biggest story leading up to<\/em><\/strong> (in anticipation of) the australian open<\/strong> this year was the uncertainty<\/a> over whether or not world #1 and defending champion novak djokovic<\/strong> would be allowed to play.\u00a0 djokovic hasn’t been vaccinated against covid-19 and though<\/a> he entered the country the final decision was to reject<\/a> his request for an exemption to australian vaccination law.<\/p>\n

\"novak<\/a><\/p>\n

novak djokovic (william west afp)<\/em><\/h5>\n

\u00a0agence france-presse<\/strong> reported<\/a> that on january 15, two days before the start of the tournament…<\/p>\n

authorities ripped up<\/em> [djokovic’s] visa for a second time and declared the unvaccinated tennis superstar a threat<\/em> to the public.<\/h4>\n

rip up<\/em><\/strong> means destroy by tearing into little pieces<\/em>. it is probably not literal in this instance. a threat<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is potential danger<\/em>.<\/p>\n