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LThus measures against covid-19 in England are more relaxed and this can be seen in various areas of daily life, including entertainment and sports.
For this reason, this Tuesday it was announced that Wimbledon will not request a vaccination certificate from the participating tennis players. Thus, Novak Djokovic and other tennis players who are not immunized will be able to play this tournament.
Serbian is the current champion and will be able to defend his crownthis thanks to the All England Club giving the go-ahead for this to happen.
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After two, whence the 2020 edition was canceled and the 2021 edition had some restrictions on the premises, for this 2022 there are no plans for measures against the coronavirus due to the numbers of the pandemic in London.
Djokovicin addition, to arrive at this third Grand Slam of the year at a good pace, because before play Roland Garroswhere restrictions on the unvaccinated were also relaxed due to low numbers.
Wimbledon 2022 will be played between the June 27 and July 10when the final is played for the title.
At the beginning of the year, Novak Djokovic was involved in a scandal for not being vaccinated and pretending to play the Australian Open.
The organization of the event would have given him a medical exemption to play, however, the rules of the country of Oceana were clear and did not let the Serb pass for not meeting the guidelines required to enter the country.
The Wimbledon organization had no choice but to ban Russian and Belarusian tennis players of this tournament due to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine.
One of the tournament officials, Ian Hewitt, announced that, in joint decision with the government of Great Britainparticipants of these nationalities will not be allowed to play the tournament.
“The UK government has established a guideline for sporting bodies and events within the area with the goal of limiting Russian influence“, coment Hewitt.
