Tennis star Novak Djokovic will miss one more occasion in the USA over his choice to stay unvaccinated for COVID-19. Djokovic won’t be allowed to take part within the Miami Open after failing to receive a vaccination exemption, match director James Blake instructed Tennis Channel.
Blake stated Miami Open officers spoke with the USA authorities about granting Djokovic an exemption, but it surely didn’t occur. America doesn’t enable unvaccinated people who have been born exterior the U.S. to enter the nation underneath its present COVID-19 coverage. That coverage is predicted to be lifted in Could. The Miami Open will start March 22.
Blake made it clear he needed Djokovic to have the ability to take part within the occasion, telling Tennis Channel, “We’d prefer to have one of the best gamers that may play.” Blake stated the ultimate choice was “out of our palms.”
Djokovic was additionally denied an exemption to play within the 2023 Indian Wells Masters, which is being held in California.
Djokovic, 35, is the present No. 1 males’s tennis participant on this planet. Because the begin of the COVID-19 pandemic, Djokovic has missed quite a few occasions resulting from being unvaccinated. He has not performed a match in the USA for a number of years resulting from that call.
Different international locations have allowed Djokovic to compete in occasions. He won the 2023 Australian Open in January. That win pushed Djokovic again into the No. 1 spot within the males’s rankings.
