"I don't think the Aus Open should go ahead, just for the people in Melbourne, you've got to send a message," Kyrgios said earlier on his No Boundaries<\/em> podcast.<\/p>\n "How long did [Melbourne] do in lockdown? 275 days or something?"<\/p>\n With those comments making headlines around the tennis world, the 26-year-old took to Instagram this afternoon to clear the air.<\/p>\n Kyrgios said his concerns were "more so for the people of Melbourne" and that it wouldn't be fair to allow players into the country who aren't vaccinated.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Papali'i rejects huge Dolphins offer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "First of all, I just want to clear up a couple of things. As you know, I've started a new podcast with two of my childhood friends, and some things have been taken out of context regarding the Australian Open," he said.<\/p>\n "I just wanted to send this video to clear it up, and have a bit of clarity. Tennis has been such a big part of my life for 15 years plus.<\/p>\n "I have given myself and a lot of sacrifices every single day for this sport. I love it.<\/p>\n "To say I would want the Australian Open cancelled, that was the sentence that was taken out of context.<\/p>\n "It's more so for the people of Melbourne, who have been through hell. I think it's been 275 days, nearly 300 days of lockdown, and your freedom has been taken away from you.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Scottie Pippen says Michael Jordan 'ruined basketball'<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "I don't think it's morally right to accept players from overseas that aren't vaccinated, to come into our country."<\/p>\n One of the biggest headaches facing the Australian Open is whether world No.1 Novak Djokovic<\/a> will take part in the event.<\/p>\n Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has said on many occasions that players arriving in the country must be double vaccinated<\/a>, which has cast doubt over Djokovic's availability with the Serbian star refusing to reveal his vaccination status due to what he believes to be a "private matter".<\/p>\n Kyrgios in his original comments on his podcast defended Djokovic and said it's unfair to force people to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n He compared Djokovic to NBA star Kyrie Irving, who is out of action for the Brooklyn Nets due to his refusal to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n Irving is unable to play basketball in Brooklyn due to New York City's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which only allows vaccinated athletes to participate in their respective sports.<\/p>\n "Kyrie, Novak, these guys have given so much, sacrificed so much. They are global athletes who millions of people look up to," Kyrgios said.<\/p>\n "I just think it is so morally wrong to force someone to be vaccinated.<\/p>\n "I'm double vaccinated, but I just don't think it's right to force anyone [to be vaccinated] and say 'you can't come and play here because you're not vaccinated'."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios says his comments about cancelling the upcoming Australian Open were "taken out of context". Kyrgios stunned fans earlier today when […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160861"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160863,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160861\/revisions\/160863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=160861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=160861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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