Novak Djokovic pulled out of subsequent week’s hard-court event in Cincinnati on Friday as a result of he has not gotten any COVID-19 vaccine pictures and so will not be allowed to journey to the USA.
That can be why Djokovic will not be anticipated to have the ability to enter the US Open, the 12 months’s final Grand Slam event, which begins in New York on August 29.
Djokovic is a 35-year-old from Serbia who owns 21 main championships, one behind Rafael Nadal for the lads’s file. Djokovic has stated he received’t get vaccinated in opposition to the sickness attributable to the coronavirus, even when that stops him from enjoying in sure tournaments. He missed the Australian Open in January after being deported from that nation and wanted to sit down out two occasions in the USA earlier this 12 months, together with a event in Montreal this week.
Unvaccinated international residents can’t go to Canada or the US at present; the Cincinnati event’s information launch asserting Djokovic’s withdrawal cited “journey restrictions”.
Djokovic has stated he was nonetheless holding out hope of having the ability to enter the US Open, however that will require a change of presidency coverage, which the US Tennis Affiliation says it should adhere to.
Djokovic is a three-time champion on the US Open and was the runner-up final 12 months to Daniil Medvedev.
Different males who've withdrawn from the sphere in Cincinnati embody defending champion Alexander Zverev — the 2020 US Open runner-up tore ankle ligaments on the French Open in June — and injured gamers Gael Monfils, Reilly Opelka, Oscar Otte and Dominic Thiem.
Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins pulled out of the ladies’s draw due to a neck damage, whereas three-time main champion Angelique Kerber made a scheduling change and opted to not compete in Cincinnati.
Serena Williams entered within the discipline for what is anticipated to be certainly one of her final appearances on tour.
