One of Novak Djokovic's erstwhile aides has backed the satellite No.1 to woody with the adversity that could travel his way, should beryllium allowed to partake successful the Australian Open.
Djokovic's campy is sweating connected the determination from Immigration curate Alex Hawke connected whether his visa is cancelled, with the telephone expected to travel connected Thursday.
According to The Age, the Department of Home Affairs' probe into the reigning Australian Open champion has been widened to see his breach of isolation successful Serbia arsenic good arsenic incorrect statements connected his question introduction signifier and inconsistencies surrounding the day of his PCR test.
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However, contempt the cards being stacked against the 34-year-old, Craig O'Shannessy, who has worked with Djokovic arsenic a strategy and tactical analyst, thinks helium could thrive.
"[The backlash] is not going to beryllium caller to him," helium told Reuters.
"But adjacent though helium has the intelligence acquisition and toughness, this has the imaginable to beryllium astatine a level, maybe, that we person not seen successful tennis."
The Australian, who present works with compatriot Alex Popyrin, said "no idiosyncratic connected the planet" had been booed connected the tennis tribunal much than Djokovic.
"He has talked astir successful the past, that erstwhile the assemblage is chanting 'Roger', successful his caput helium changes the connection 'Roger' to 'Novak' and thrives connected it," O'Shannessy said.
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Djokovic has had a fig of hits connected Rod Laver Arena since being freed from detention this week, and O'Shannessy expects a dependable physique successful his grooming intensity.
"He needs to instrumentality a mates of days to physique backmost his consistency, changeable tolerance, timing and movement," helium said.
"(He will) tick each those boxes archetypal with airy hitting, past commencement ramping up the powerfulness and footwork with signifier sets to physique a beardown basal towards being raring to spell successful the archetypal round."
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