Viral Irish Airline Mocks Djokovic's Statement About Vaccines And Grand Slam Title

World number one Novak Djokovic (INSTAGRAM @djokernole)

JAKARTA – The establishment of world number one Novak Djokovic choosing to sacrifice his championship title more than undergoing vaccination is again in the spotlight. This attitude has become the subject of ridicule by airline Ryanair on social media.

The Serbian national has continued to be the target of criticism since failing to appear at the Australian Open in January because he did not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19. He had served as an immigration detainee before being deported from the country.

In fact, his statement in an interview with the BBC has again drawn controversy. In the interview, Djokovic said that he remained in his position not to be vaccinated.

"I'm not anti-vaccine, but I would rather sacrifice my title if I was told to get a vaccine", Djokovic told the British media.

We're not an airline but we do fly planes #Djokovic pic.twitter.com/wivO3L2dTp

— Ryanair (@Ryanair) February 15, 2022

The statement of the owner of the 20 grand slam titles was then shared by the media concerned on their official Twitter account. Immediately, the upload was crowded with netizens' comments on the platform with the bird logo.

Meanwhile, Ryanair took a different action, preferring to retweet the post and post a mocking comment. Unexpectedly the retweet suddenly went viral.

"We are not an airline but we fly #Djokovic planes", wrote Ryanair, the Irish low-cost airline in response to BBC post.

This Ryanair prank has now got over 19k retweets and 179k likes. It shows that many people agree with the airline regarding ambiguous statements made by the 34-year-old.

Djokovic is set to make his first appearance this year at the Dubai Open. He was able to play in the event because Dubai does not have a policy against the unvaccinated like Australia.

The tournament is scheduled to take place at the Aviation Club Tennis Center, Dubai, the United Arab Emirates on February 21-26, 2022. So far the Professional Tennis Players Association (ATP) has not released a list of names that will participate in the World Tour 500 tournament.