Nor there has been a miracle and they never expected it. Both Novak Djokovic and his technical teamled by Croatian Goran Ivanisevic, confessed at the conclusion of Wimbledon their pessimism about the Serbian tennis player’s participation in the American hard court tour that ends with the US Open (August 29 to September 11).
A Djokovic he cared less about missing the Masters 1,000 in Montreal and Cincinnati. In fact, he hadn’t played them last season either.
If the United States Open was an objective, where he could have equaled the 22 wounds of Rafael Nadal. Now it remains in the hands of the Balearic Islands, that could put an income of two titles back between them with one more year for both. Rafa is presented as the great favorite with the permission of Daniil Medvedev, defender of the crown.
The United States Government health center has not made any changes to the protocols for entering the country, in which foreigners are required to complete the complete vaccination schedule against the coronavirus. The scale is different for Americans, who can fly home without a vaccine.
Time ran out this afternoon for Djokovic, who removed his name from the US Open draw minutes before the pairings were due to take place. He had already acted in the same way in the previous tournaments in Montreal and Cincinnati.
“I’m sorry I can’t travel to New York to participate in the US Open. Thank you for your messages of support. Good luck to my teammates. I will stay fit and in a positive spirit until I have the next opportunity to compete. See you soon world of tennis “, writes the Balkan on his social networks.
On August 12, the news broke that the health authorities would deal with a change in the Covid regulations at the end of August, but this has not arrived.
The organization of the contest never trusted the presence of the champion of 20 greats and that is why they did not include him in the promotional posters. Since Wednesday night he has not been on the list of participants on the official page either.
Stacey Allasterdirector of the US Open, commented on Djokovic’s absence that “Novak is a great champion and it is very unfortunate that he cannot compete since he cannot enter the United States due to the federal government’s vaccination policy for non-citizens.” Americans.
With the impossibility of participating in the last big one, something that he assumes completely naturally due to his freedom not to get the Covid vaccine, Novak will not have defended 5,200 points this season. That seriously jeopardizes his ‘top10’ status at the end of the event. And on the horizon is that the Australian Government closes the entrance door for the 2023 Aussie Open again.
Return in Davis Cup
The Balkan tennis player will return to official competition starting on September 14 in the group stage of the Davis Cup in Valencia. Serbia debuts with Spain, which means that Djokovic will face Carlos Alcaraz in the duel of numbers one.
Alcaraz will arrive shot from the North American tour while his rival will come from a break of 66 days. And it is that his last match dates back to the Wimbledon final with the Australian Nick Kyrgios.
It is true that the Serbian has not stopped training during his vacation period in Montenegro. He wants to finish the campaign in the best possible way and that means looking for a second silver Salad Bowl for his country (November 23-27, Martn Carpena Malaga) and achieving his sixth ATP master crown in Turin (November 13-20).
Although he is the thirteenth of the 2022 Race, he has a guaranteed ticket as a ‘Grand Slam’ champion as long as he finishes in the top 20.
The best team in history
Europe has won the first four editions of the Laver Cup and everything points to winning a fifth. At the O2 Arena in London, from September 23 to 25, Roger Federer has managed to bring together the entire ‘Big Four’ of the racket, in a unique and unrepeatable line-up.
Nadal, Federer, Djokovic and Andy Murray will be joined by Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud. For its part, the team from the rest of the world will be made up of Felix Auger-Aliassime, Taylor Fritz, Diego Schwartzman, Jack Sock, John Isner and Alex de Miaur.
‘Nole’ s to be tonight at the basketball game between Serbia and Greece, which will be played in the Serbian capital.
