The US government has indicated that unvaccinated foreigners will continue to be banned from entering the country until April 2023. This is the reason why the Serb did not play four Masters 1000 and the US Open in 2022.
It’s an endless novel for Novak Djokovic. Covid, vaccines and slamming doors are still common terms for the Serb, despite the fact that in much of the sporting world that is behind us. And it is that his decision not to vaccinate continues to close his doors in the United States.
A situation that left him without playing four Masters 1000 and a Grand Slam in 2022 and which could now be extended until 2023. In fact, it has already been reported that the restriction on entry to the North American country in as an unvaccinated foreigner will remain in force until at least April 10 of this year . That would leave him out of a chance to play against Indian Wells and Miami again.
In this way, Djokovic would miss the two Masters 1000 at the start of the year, events in which he has not been able to participate since 2019. News that comes just when it seemed that the situation for the Serb had calmed down. Many believed that with his arrival in Australia, the complex moments he went through last season (when he could not play more than 8,000 points) had been overcome.
From now on, the only chance that the former world number one has of being able to compete in tournaments is to present a medical exception , which today seems unlikely. Remember that this is the formula he used to try to play the Australian Open 2022, but without success, since he was expelled from the country after a legal battle. In fact, after that, it was the same European who said that these types of documents were no longer an option to try to play.
At the moment, Novak hasn’t come forward yet, but it’s highly likely that the next press conference he will have at the ATP in Adelaide will be heavily related to the situation. It will be necessary to wait to know the position of the tennis player after a new blockade.
The good news is that he will at least have the chance to play the Australian Open, a tournament he has won nine times and where he could score 2,000 points for the ATP rankings, the same points as he couldn’t play in Indian Wells and Miami.
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