The Serbian will not be able to participate in the last grand slam of the year because he has not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and -since he did not officially drop out- he did not allow another tennis player to play in the qualy.
Although it seems almost impossible for them to reverse their position on health matters in the United States, Novak Djokovic waiting for a miracle and unofficially dropped out of the US Open; which cannot participate because it does not have any dose of the vaccine against COVID-19. The decision not to go down means that another tennis player cannot be part of the qualy and loses the chance to enter the main draw of the tournament.
The Spanish Paul Martin Tiffoncurrently number 242 in the ATP world ranking, cannot be part of the qualy for the last Grand Slam of the year because Djokovic has not resigned his place in the draw.
According to Ben Rothenberg on his Twitter account, This decision by Nole was also a blow in economic matters for the Spanish 23 years old. The The simple fact of entering the qualy of the last grand slam of the year will generate an income of 21,000 dollars, almost all he has earned so far in the entire season (25,434 u$s).
In the midst of controversy, on his personal Instagram account Tiffon published a story where he watched Rafael Nadal practice with a message indicating your powerlessness over the whole situation. “At least it’s good for something…”.
Pol Martin Tiffon’s post amid Novak Djokovic US Open controversy
Source: Tycsports
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