The country’s Senate has approved a bill to remove the entry ban on unvaccinated people. The Serb will return to the fourth Grand Slam of the year after being absent from the 2022 edition.
Eventually, Novak Djokovic will be able to play tennis again in the United States. The Serb had not been able to enter the country since 2021 because he did not want to be vaccinated against Covid-19, and in this country the government has maintained strict order around these rules. However, the Senate voted to end the measures against the pandemic, which will allow Nole to play the US Open 2023, the fourth and last Grand Slam of the year.
In details, sky sports notes that senators voted to pass a bill that would put end restrictions for unvaccinated people wishing to enter the country . This draft has been approved by the House of Representatives and will be sent to Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it.
The aforementioned vote means agencies across the country will begin to scale back measures against Covid, paving the way for Djokovic to be part of the tournament to be held at Flushing Meadows Park.
The ban imposed by pandemic measures prevented the 22-time Grand Slam champion from retaining the top spot in the ATP rankings he regained earlier this year, when he beat Stéfanos Tsitsipás and was crowned champion of the Australian Open.
Nole was then overtaken by Carlos Alcaraz in the standings, mainly due to his absences in the first two Masters 1000 of the season: Indian Wells and Miami Open . The Spaniard became champion of the first, which allowed him to regain the top of world tennis. In the second, he is still in the race since he will have to face the quarter-finals against the American Taylor Fritz. If the Sunshine Double is not obtained, Alcaraz will again give up first place.
Thus, the second racket of the ball will be able to participate in the tournament which has agreed to start on August 28 and end on September 10. The last time he played in the United States was when he lost in the final of the 2021 edition against Daniel Medvedev . After said tournament, the Serb lost Indian Wells and Miami Open in 2022 as in 2023; Cincinnati Masters 1000; and the US Open 2022 . Despite everything, he managed to stay among the highest positions in the rankings.
Nole has triumphed three times at the US Open. The first dates back to 2011 after beating Rafael Nadal in the final. The second came in 2015, beating Roger Federer in the last game. The last time he won this title was in 2018, beating Juan Martín del Potro. To this we must add that in 2021 he had a great chance of winning all four Grand Slams in the same season, but he fell to Daniil Medvedev in the final of the North American tournament.
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