The No. 1 in the world of tennis could not play Indian Wells because he was not vaccinated and, in principle, he will not go to Miami either. But now US politics got into the middle of the discussion.
There are those who still believe that sport and politics have not walked together for a long time. There are plenty of examples for those who still claim to live in a world of romanticism, in which the power of one and the other is not linked, take a look at what is happening with Novak Djokovic and his pprohibition to play two tournaments in the United States for his well-known decision to Don’t get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The number 1 in the world was prevented from going to Indian Wells, which began on Wednesday, the first Masters 1000 of the season, where he could even lose that place of absolute privilege. For now, he will not go to Florida either, where the second tournament in that category will be held in two weeks: Miami. But nothing is said. Because?
The Governor of Florida is Ron DeSantis and published an incendiary letter in which he asked none other than the president Joe Biden make an exception.
“The only thing preventing Novak Djokovic from participating in the Miami tournament is President Biden’s misguided and unscientific Covid-19 vaccination requirement for foreign travelers. Mr. President, lift your restrictions and let him compete.”DeSantis wrote on his official Twitter account in which he attached a letter stressing that the ban “is unfair, unscientific and unacceptable.”
A data: DeSantis is a Republicanhas broad support from the Latino community in the United States (his parents are of Italian descent) and heHe is the main enemy that Donald Trump has in his party ahead of the 2024 national elections. And Biden is a Democrat, of course. Behind that letter something else is hidden, then. Nothing new in the relationship between sport and politics.
