Serbian tennis star, who additionally missed Australian Open this 12 months, says he'll preserve in ‘fine condition and constructive spirit’.
Tennis star Novak Djokovic has introduced that he won't be able to journey to New York Metropolis for the US Open, lacking one other Grand Slam amid his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
Djokovic mentioned on Thursday he'll preserve in “fine condition and constructive spirit and await a possibility to compete once more”. The event, the final Grand Slam of the 12 months, is about to kick off subsequent week.
“Sadly, I won't be able to journey to NY this time for US Open. Thanks #NoleFam to your messages of affection and assist,” Djokovic wrote on Twitter, referring to his fan membership.
Sadly, I won't be able to journey to NY this time for US Open. Thanks #NoleFam to your messages of affection and assist. ❤️ Good luck to my fellow gamers! I’ll preserve in fine condition and constructive spirit and await a possibility to compete once more. 💪🏼 See you quickly tennis world! 👋🏼
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) August 25, 2022
The United States has been enjoyable COVID-19 restrictions domestically, but it surely nonetheless requires travellers who usually are not US residents or everlasting residents to be totally vaccinated earlier than boarding a flight into the nation. The US had dropped testing necessities for worldwide travellers in June.
Djokovic performed in final 12 months’s US Open and made it to the ultimate of the boys’s singles. The virus was thought of a higher public well being danger then, however the US solely had a testing – not a vaccine – requirement for entry at the moment.
Djokovic, the world’s former world primary who's now sixth within the rating, stirred controversy earlier this 12 months when his visa was cancelled after arriving in Melbourne to compete within the Australian Open.
The 35-year-old Serbian was finally deported after a days-long saga, involving politicians and the authorized system in Australia.
“Guidelines are guidelines, particularly relating to our borders,” Australia’s then-Prime Minister Scott Morrison mentioned at the moment.
Djokovic has beforehand mentioned that he is not going to get the COVID-19 vaccine, even when it means he won't be able to play in some tournaments.
The USA Tennis Affiliation (USTA) known as Djokovic’s absence from the US Open “unlucky” on Thursday.
“Novak is a superb champion and it is rather unlucky that he can be unable to compete on the 2022 US Open, as he's unable to enter the nation as a result of federal authorities’s vaccination coverage for non-US residents,” mentioned US Open event director Stacey Allaster in an announcement.
“We look ahead to welcoming Novak again on the 2023 US Open.”
The US Open doesn't have a vaccine requirement for gamers. Djokovic has received the event thrice and reached the ultimate on six different events.
This 12 months, he competed within the French Open, in addition to Wimbledon – the place he received the title final month.
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