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The Serbian Novak Djokovic, number one in the men’s world tennis, will not play the Indian Wells Masters 1000 nor the Miami tournament, after being rejected this Saturday your request for exemption to enter the United States without being vaccinated against the coronavirus.
In this sense, the current senator of the Republican Party in Florida, Rick Scott, announced that the 35-year-old Serb was denied his request for an exemption to play in Indian Wells from March 8 to 19, and then in Miami, from March 22. March to April 2, according to the Spanish sports newspaper Brand.
Nevertheless, Rick Scott left a door open as he requested direct mediation by the President of the United States through a letterJoe Biden, to allow access to the country of the number one in the world, the only tennis player in the top 100 who was not vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The Serbian, winner of 93 titles in his career, including 22 Grand Slams, a record he shares with the Spanish Rafael Nadal, has not competed in the Indian Wells and Miami Masters 1000 since 2019, since in 2020 they were not played for the pandemic and in 2021 and 2022 they were not allowed to do so due to their refusal to vaccinate.
Djokovic, champion this year at the Adelaide ATP 250 and then at the Australian Open, lost an undefeated 20-game record yesterday when he fell to Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals of the ATP 500 in Dubai, which takes place in the United Arab Emirates.
The Serbian interrupted a series of 20 victories that had begun last year when he lost the final of the Masters 1000 in Paris with the Danish Holger Rune 3-6, 6-3 and 7-5, then won the Masters played in Turin and the mentioned tournaments in Adelaide and Australia.
