Australian Open: Novak Djokovic claims his quarantine demands misconstrued

"Hence, I use my position of privilege to be of service as much as I can where and when needed." Djokovic said his letter to Tiley was a "brainstorm about potential improvements that could be made to the quarantine of players in Melbourne that were in full lockdown" and not a list of demands. "There were a few suggestions and ideas that I gathered from other players from our chat group and there was no harm intended to try and help. "Things in the media escalated and there was a general impression that the players (including myself) are ungrateful, weak and selfish because of their unpleasant feelings in quarantine," he wrote. "I am very sorry that is has come to that because I do know how grateful many are." The Australian Open is due to start on February 8.