At the press conference before this year's first Grand Slam tournament, Novak Djokovic did not answer questions about his statement in the magazine GQ - that he was poisoned with heavy metals when he was detained at a hotel in Melbourne in 2022, and if he has any evidence that he was poisoned through food.
I don't want to talk more about this in detail because I want to focus on tennis and why I'm here, says Djokovic.
If you want to see what I said and get more information about it, you can read the article.
"High level of lead"
In the interview with GQ, the 24-time Grand Slam winner said that he was poisoned with heavy metals in 2022. It allegedly happened when he was detained at a hotel in Melbourne.
I had certain health problems. And I realized that I got food at that hotel in Melbourne that poisoned me, the tennis star told GQ:
When I got back to Serbia, I made some discoveries. I've never told it publicly before, but I discovered that I had very high levels of heavy metals. A very high level of lead and mercury.
Djokovic was asked if he believed that his food was contaminated.
It's the only way, said the Serb.
The magazine GQ reported that contacts have been made with authorities in Australia to investigate the claim, but that they have received the answer that a comment cannot be made due to "integrity reasons".
Questions unanswered
With Djokovic's silence, the questions about the tennis star's evidence for the poisoning and why he is only now telling about the allegations, three years later, remain.
Before the Australian Open in 2022, the Australian government revoked Djokovic's visa because he refused to get vaccinated against covid-19. He had been in the country for a while and was detained in a hotel room in Melbourne awaiting court proceedings.
The day before the tournament was to begin, Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia. The year after, he was back and won the Grand Slam tournament for the tenth time in his career.
