“NOVAX” NOVAK DJOKOVIC WINS MODERNA-SPONSORED U.S. OPEN

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

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🗓️ 23 September 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Tennis phenom Novak Djokovic, stood for freedom and put his entire career on the line by missing major tournaments over his refusal to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Now, he’s making a comeback and has become the greatest male tennis player of all time after winning the US open last week to become a 24-time Grand Slam Champion.

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0:00.0	A lot of times in these days, I hear people say, you know, where are the heroes?
0:05.0	Where are the people that we are children can look up to?
0:08.7	And I would say that this week we got to see a true hero, someone that stood for freedom
0:13.1	and liberty in the face of his own career being destroyed by it.
0:18.0	At the pinnacle, in the moment he was alive on this earth, all of it being torn away,
0:22.2	it didn't matter he stood for the truth.
0:23.7	Who am I talking about?
0:25.5	No vac?
0:26.5	Joke of it.
0:27.5	Takes the US open.
0:28.5	Take a look at this.
0:30.0	When you do come back here this week, is there any sort of lingering anger or disappointment
0:35.4	that, you know, I should have been here last year?
0:37.6	I felt sad for not being able to participate, but this year is, I mean, this year is this year.
0:53.1	Game, Salamat, Struckiewicz.
0:59.8	Oh, sensational.
1:01.6	This is just a long death for the 8th time.
1:05.6	Can you give us a glimpse into what it takes to be still getting better at this age?
1:10.0	I have something in my legs left, you know, I still feel I have something to give to the sport.
1:14.6	As a 36 year old, competing with 20 year olds, keep things quite simple and stick to the routines
1:20.4	that probably to where I am.
1:22.3	Yes, Salamat, Joke of it.
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