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Be any special rules. i never used my privilege status to get into australia by force or do anything in this entire process. so i was treated as anybody else. and when there was a possibility for medical exemption, i was using that, and i applied, and put forward my pcr test, my sufficient amount of antibodies that i had at the time, and i got accepted and approved by two independent australian medical panels — anonymously, i think it's important to mention, my name was not on the application. neither did anyone else who applied for medical exemption. i think there was above 20 or 25 medical...

As anybody else. i never used my privilege status in this country or any other country, and i was tested hundreds and hundreds of times since the beginning of pandemic, because that was required in order to travel and in order to, you know, do myjob as a tennis player. i understand that there is a lot of criticism, and i understand that people come out with different theories on how lucky i was or how convenient it is. but, you know, no—one is lucky and really convenient of getting covid. i really don't like someone thinking i've misused something or in my own favour in order to, you know, g...

But i remember it was probably the second week of december that we received that circular email, where it came to our attention that if you had a previous... or recent, sorry, covid infection, that you will be eligible to apply. and one of the main arguments of your critics is that it's awfully convenient that you got this covid infection in mid—december, because that's the only way you got to play at the australian open. what would you say to those critics? i would say that i take covid very, very seriously, as really anybody else. and i assure you that i was taking pcr tests, as anybody el...

"this guy thinks he's above the law, he thinks he doesn't have to abide by the same rules as everyone else"? australia has been through one of the more severe lockdowns that we had since the beginning of pandemic, so i can only imagine how hard it was for australians, and i sympathise, empathise with all the people. and i understand that there has been lots of... ..say frustrations from australian people towards me and towards the entire situation and the way it was dealt with. and i understand that as well reading newspapers, you get certain conclusions. and so i want to tell them that i alwa...

Main topic voters ask about. in the wake of the president's fight with nancy pelosi and congressional democrats this week, more democrats are willing to consider impeachment proceedings. >> that's right. south bend mayor pete buttigieg will be in new hampshire this weekend at an event thursday in washington. the navy intelligence veteran criticized president trump for not serving in vietnam. >> i have a pretty dim view of his decision to use his privilege status to fake a disability in order to avoid serving in vietnam. >> you believe he faked a disability. >> do you believe he has a disabilit...