Aaron Rodgers appeared to reward Novak Djokovic for greater than his tennis abilities in an Instagram story on Monday.
The Jets quarterback was taking within the U.S. Open motion in Queens when Rodgers posted about checking off an merchandise on his bucket record by attending to see Djokovic play in individual.
He additionally appeared to applaud Djokovic’s determination to not get vaccinated towards COVID-19 within the put up, taken in the course of the Serbian’s Round of 16 victory over Croatian Borna Gojo.
In a part of the photograph he had the goat emoji subsequent to the hashtag “novaxdjokovic.”
Rodgers additionally drew a pink line over a Moderna brand, which is without doubt one of the firms that produces the Covid vaccine.
The Jets famous person’s anti-vax assertion triggered a stir on social media with many onlookers calling him out for citing the divisive matter of vaccinations as soon as once more.
Rodgers has been a sceptic of the vaccine and didn’t obtain a Covid vaccine in the course of the pandemic.
The NFL QB discovered himself blended up in controversy after he misled the general public about his vaccination standing after which examined optimistic for Covid in November 2021.
Djokovic needed to sit out final yr’s U.S. Open due to his unvaccinated standing stopping him from coming into the United States on the time.
The U.S. authorities in May lifted a requirement that worldwide travellers coming into the nation needed to be vaccinated.
Djokovic had been one of the steadfast athletes of their need to not get vaccinated, even saying previously that he would relatively miss grand slams than take the Covid shot with a view to compete.
He is competing in his first U.S. Open since 2021.
“The reason why I was not here for two years, I have zero regret on that. I’m just glad to be back,” Djokovic instructed CNN early final month.
“I’ve had plenty of success on American soil with Indian Wells, Miami, obviously Canada and here, (I’ve) won many times at these Masters 1,000 events, all of them.
“Of course, the U.S. Open as well being the pinnacle of the hard-court season. I’m just excited.”
Djokovic defeated Borna Gojo 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 on Monday to advance to the quarterfinals.
He’ll tackle American Taylor Fritz on Tuesday in Djokovic’s thirteenth quarterfinal in Queens.
Djokovic is 7-0 towards Fritz.
Source: www.news.com.au
