The former world No 1 replied: “I think we will definitely do that. I always respect the reporters and what you guys do. Without a doubt.
“However this is not the case here. It’s your duty to report things if they are not reported, but to leak information before it’s officially announced is clickbait.”
Since the email was leaked, some Australian government officials have doubled-down on their stance on banning unvaccinated players.
Australian newspaper The Age reported that the leak may have caused a “setback” in plans to allow those who hadn’t been jabbed to compete.
Meanwhile, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews told ABC Radio: “You try getting into the US… most of Europe, really, so many different parts of Asia if you haven’t been vaccinated. Like, you’re just not getting a visa. Why would that be different here?
“I don’t think it’s too much to say, ‘If you want one of those visas and you want to come here, then you need to be double-vaxxed’.”
