novak djokovic Archives - The Gulf Indians https://thegulfindians.com/tag/novak-djokovic/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:56:21 +0000 en hourly 1 https://thegulfindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fav-100x100.png novak djokovic Archives - The Gulf Indians https://thegulfindians.com/tag/novak-djokovic/ 32 32 Naomi Osaka wears a special mask at US open https://thegulfindians.com/naomi-osaka-wears-a-special-mask-at-us-open/ https://thegulfindians.com/naomi-osaka-wears-a-special-mask-at-us-open/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:56:21 +0000 https://www.thegulfindians.com/?p=12288 Before and after first-round victory at the U.S Open, Naomi Osaka wore a mask bearing the name of Breonna Taylor, A Black Woman who was fatally shot by police. It’s one of the seven face coverings, each in honour of a different person, that Osaka brought to Flushing Meadows. The world’s highest earning athelete hopes

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]]> Before and after first-round victory at the U.S Open, Naomi Osaka wore a mask bearing the name of Breonna Taylor, A Black Woman who was fatally shot by police.

It’s one of the seven face coverings, each in honour of a different person, that Osaka brought to Flushing Meadows. The world’s highest earning athelete hopes she can get the chance to raise awareness about racial injustice by using eaching mask during her stay in New York.

It’s quite sad that seven masks isn’t enough for the amount of names, so hopefully I’ll get to the finals so you can see all of them, said Osaka, the champion at the 2018 U.S. Open and 2019 Australian Open.

Osaka walked out on court for her match Monday night with a black mask and white lettering with the name of Taylor, a 26-year-old who was fatally shot when police officers burst into her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment using a no-knock warrant during a narcotics investigation in March.

Osaka put the mask back on for her post-match interview.

US Open began on August 31 with no fans, no singles defending champions and no mixed doubles, and a handful of restrictions.

After the French Open was postponed to late September and Wimbledon was cancelled amid the ongoing pandemic, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) decided to go forward with its marquee event in New York City in order to offset the loss of money from ticket sales and other onsite revenue during the summer.

Apart from spectators, former champions like Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and others will also be missing from the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre.

With two of the ‘Big Three’ missing from the tournament, Novak Djokovic has a strong chance of extending his Grand Slam record to 18 wins. On the other hand, Serena Williams will resume her quest for a record-equalling 24th singles triumph at a major in a depleted competition.

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]]> https://thegulfindians.com/naomi-osaka-wears-a-special-mask-at-us-open/feed/ 0 Novak Djokovic tests positive for Covid-19 https://thegulfindians.com/novak-djokovic-tests-positive-for-covid-19/ https://thegulfindians.com/novak-djokovic-tests-positive-for-covid-19/#respond Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:00:52 +0000 https://www.thegulfindians.com/?p=4779 Web Desk Covid -19 is playing spoilsport in tennis.World No:1 Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena tested positive for coronovirus after coming off fresh from his Adria Tour of events organised in Belgrade,Serbia.The news was confirmed through a statement,which said the Serbian-who is asymptomatic was tested along with all his family members with whom he

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Covid -19 is playing spoilsport in tennis.World No:1 Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena tested positive for coronovirus after coming off fresh from his Adria Tour of events organised in Belgrade,Serbia.The news was confirmed through a statement,which said the Serbian-who is asymptomatic was tested along with all his family members with whom he was in Belgrade and Zadar.
His statement in full:
“The moment we arrived in Belgrade we went to be tested. My result is positive, just as Jelena’s, while the results of our children are negative.”
Everything we did in the past month, we did with a pure heart and sincere intentions. Our tournament meant to unite and share a message of solidarity and compassion throughout the region.”
“The Tour has been designed to help both established and up and coming tennis players from South-Eastern Europe to gain access to some competitive tennis while the various tours are on hold due to the COVID-19 situation.
It was all born with a philanthropic idea, to direct all raised funds towards people in need and it warmed my heart to see how everybody strongly responded to this.
We organized the tournament at the moment when the virus has weakened, believing that the conditions for hosting the Tour had been met.
Unfortunately, the virus is still present, and it is a new reality that we are still learning to cope and live with.
I am hoping things will ease with time so we can all resume lives the way they were.I am extremely sorry for each individual case of infection.
I hope that it will not complicate anyone’s heath situation and that everyone will be fine.
I will remain in self-isolation for the next 14 days, and repeat the test in five days.”

The top-ranked Serb is fourth player to test positive for the virus.Bulgarian tennis star Grigor Dimitrov and Croatia’s Borna Coric,Viktor Troicki were tested positive on June 22. The Adria Tour hosted by Novak is now becoming a hotspot of coronavirus. His stubborn stance to hold an exhibition amid pandemic is drawing criticism from all quarters.

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