Why Kyrgios wants Australian Open cancelled

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Next year's Australian Open should beryllium cancelled successful effect to the lengthy lockdowns Melbourne has endured implicit the past 2 years, according to Nick Kyrgios.

Speaking connected his 'No Boundaries' podcast, Kyrgios recovered immoderate communal crushed with arch-rival Novak Djokovic, declaring it's "morally wrong" to inquire players to beryllium vaccinated, adjacent though helium himself is protected.

It's inactive unclear whether oregon not the satellite No.1 volition question to Melbourne successful January, aft helium declared his vaccination presumption is simply a "private matter."

But Kyrgios says the full tourney should beryllium called off.

"I don't deliberation the Aus Open should spell ahead, conscionable for the radical successful Melbourne, you've got to nonstop a message," Kyrgios said.

"How agelong did [Melbourne] bash successful lockdown? 275 days oregon something?"

Kyrgios compared Djokovic to NBA prima Kyrie Irving, who is presently suspended by the Brooklyn Nets implicit his refusal to get vaccinated.

That's contempt the Australian hitting retired astatine Djokovic during the tallness of the pandemic, erstwhile the satellite No.1 launched the ill-fated Adria Tour successful 2020, which saw a fig of players declaration COVID-19, including Djokovic himself.

Kyrgios said astatine the clip the Serbian "went missing" erstwhile it was clip to amusement immoderate leadership.

"Kyrie, Novak, these guys person fixed truthful much, sacrificed truthful much. They are planetary athletes who millions of radical look up to," Kyrgios said.

"I conscionable deliberation it is truthful morally incorrect to unit idiosyncratic to beryllium vaccinated.

"I'm treble vaccinated, but I conscionable don't deliberation it's close to unit anyone [to beryllium vaccinated] and accidental 'you can't travel and play present due to the fact that you're not vaccinated'."

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has repeatedly said only those players who are vaccinated volition beryllium capable to participate the authorities for January's tournament, wherever Djokovic, if helium plays, volition beryllium seeking a 4th consecutive rubric astatine Melbourne Park.

He's besides tied connected a grounds 20 expansive slam titles with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

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