The anti-vaccine stance of Novak Djokovic It continues to cost tournaments. The Serbian tennis player, one of the greatest in history, chose at the time not to get vaccinated against covid-19 and since then he has seen how his presence in various tournaments has been prevented.
The most notorious case was that of the 2022 Australian Open, where the Belgrade He was detained at the airport and finally deported after not being able to enter the country because he did not have the vaccine. Novak was ironclad with his position and also missed the US Open that crowned Carlos Alcaraz.
Already the past ‘Nole’ was left without playing in Indian Wells, Miami y Cincinnati, three Masters 1000 on a fast track. This year, despite the fact that he was able to be in Australia, where he equaled Rafa with 22 Grand Slams, he has not been able to enter the United States.
In this way, Djokovic was already low in the Indian Wells Masters 1000 that Alcaraz won and which, incidentally, has returned him to the top of the ranking, and it is also in Miami. The local authorities have not listened to the request for an exemption that the tennis player had requested.
