Players at the Australian Open were on Saturday growing tired of the Novak Djokovic visa saga overshadowing the opening Grand Slam of the year with Rafael Nadal declaring no one was bigger than the tournament in MELBOURNE.
World number one Djokovic has again been detained in Australia after authorities ripped up his visa for a second time and declared he was a threat to the public.
He is facing deportation with his chances of defending his men's title at Melbourne Park looking increasingly slim.
His lawyers are battling to keep him in the country in a controversy that has dragged on for over a week.
Nadal stands to benefit if Djokovic is kicked out with both players striving to become the first to win an unprecedented 21 Grand Slams.
While he stressed that he respected the Serb as a person and player, Nadal made it clear no one was bigger than the sport.
"I tell you one thing, it's very clear that Novak Djokovic is one of the best players of the history, without a doubt. But there is no one player in history that's more important than an event, no?" he said.
"The players stay and then go, and other players are coming. No one, even Roger [Federer], Novak, myself, Bjorn Borg who was amazing at his times, tennis keep going
.The Australian Open tennis players have been fired by the country's authorities for handling the issue of fellow player who also holds the number one spot in the world for the game Novak Djokovic. Novak Djokovic, who has been at loggerheads with the Australian authorities over his visa for violating COVID 19 control regulations. Djokovic claims to have followed all the required procedures
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