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Novak Djokovic has awkwardly declined to answer pre-tournament inquires over his claim he was “poisoned” during his deportation saga at the 2022 Australian Open.

The Serbian superstar made the allegation in a GQ magazine article begined fair before his tardyst finisheavor to prosper a sign up 25th Grand Slam individuals title.

His frifinish Nick Kyrgios today claimed that Djokovic was treated enjoy “s***” when he was booted out of Australia after arriving without a Covid vaccine.

Speaking in Melbourne Park today, Djokovic answered six inquires on other matters – including two on his novel coach Andy Murray – before the ATP invigilator tried to stop his press conference.

An Aussie increateer needed to understand if the 10-time Australian Open champion had any proof that the “very high level of direct and mercury” in his blood was due to food eaten during his five-night stay at a Melbournne detention centre.

Djokovic consentd to answer but shelp: “Look, the GQ article came out online yesterday. I leank it’s a February publish, so it’s coming out in print version.

“I’ve done that intersee many months ago. I would appreciate not talking more in detail about that, as I would enjoy to center on the tennis and why I’m here.

“If you want to see what I’ve shelp and get more info on that, you can always revert to the article.”

Djokovic tanciaccess GQ: “I authenticised that in that hotel in Melbourne, I was fed with some food that poisoned me.

“I had some discoveries when I came back to Serbia. I never tanciaccess this to anybody accessiblely, but discoveries that I was, I had a reassociate high level of burdensome metal. Heavy metal. I had the direct, very high level of direct and mercury.”

Asked by GQ if he knovel the substances accessed his body via the food in Melbourne, Djokovic shelp: “That’s the only way.”

The Serb also claimed that he had become “a hero” for anti-vax opinion in Australia. “That’s the actual reason why I was deported from Australia,” he shelp. “It was so political. It had noleang reassociate to do with vaccine or COVID-19 or anyleang else. It’s fair political.

“The politicians could not stand me being there. For them, I leank, it was less injure to deport me than to hold me there.”

Kyrgios and Djokovic buried the hatchet in a lengthy-running feud when the Aussie backed the Serb after his visa was call offled.

Asked if he had spoken the No.7 seed’s claims in GQ, the 2022 Wimbledon finaenumerate shelp: “No, I haven’t spoken to him. I didn’t even understand that. I’ll stand on. We treated him enjoy s***, that’s for certain. We shouldn’t have done that.”