Nick Kyrgios unloads on Australia with a damning five-word statement about Novak Djokovic's bombshell Covid poisoning claim
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Nick Kyrgios has slammed Australia's treatment of his rival turned friend Novak Djokovic, responding to the Serbian star's claim that he was poisoned while being detained in Melbourne by saying, 'We treated him like s**t.'. The 24-time Grand Slam champion recently revealed the trauma he still endures surrounding his Melbourne Covid nightmare in 2022.
![[Djokovic (pictured playing doubles with Kyrgios at the Brisbane International) blamed the food he was served while in detention for leaving him with high levels of lead and mercury]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/01/93940509-14268843-image-a-134_1736471574770.jpg)
Then immigration minister Alex Hawke infamously denied Djokovic entry into the country three years ago because he was not fully vaccinated. Djokovic was detained at Melbourne's Park Hotel for five days as he challenged the decision before he was sent home.
![[The 24-time Grand Slam champion is pictured, second from left, being escorted to his flight after Australia's federal court upheld a decision to cancel his visa in 2022]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/01/93775147-14268843-image-a-135_1736471767159.jpg)
In an interview with GQ ahead of this year's Australian Open, he alleged he had been positioned during his time in the hotel. 'I had some health issues. And I realised that in that hotel in Melbourne I was fed with some food that poisoned me,' Djokovic said.
![[Djokovic also claimed the Australian government had him deported because they feared he'd become a 'hero' for the anti-vax movement]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/01/93923343-14268843-image-a-136_1736471827513.jpg)
Nick Kyrgios branded Australia's treatment of Novak Djokovic 's**t' over the Serbian superstar's incredible claim that he was poisoned in Melbourne in 2022. Djokovic (pictured playing doubles with Kyrgios at the Brisbane International) blamed the food he was served while in detention for leaving him with high levels of lead and mercury.
![[Kyrgios and Djokovic have gone from rivals to mates since the Aussie lost the Wimbledon men's singles final to him in 2022]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/01/93940095-14268843-image-a-137_1736471943920.jpg)
'I had some discoveries when I came back to Serbia. I never told this to anybody publicly, but discoveries that I was, I had a really high level of heavy metal. Heavy metal. I had the lead, very high level of lead and mercury. Asked whether he believed it came from the food, Djokovic replied 'That’s the only way.'.
