Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic is about to overlook the 2022 US Open, telling organisers: ‘I’m not vaccinated and I’m not planning to get vaccinated.’
Djokovic picked up his twenty first main title with victory over Nick Kyrgios in Sunday’s Championship match nevertheless it virtually sure to overlook the New York Grand Slam.
That’s as a result of US Open chiefs are banning unvaccinated gamers from attending Flushing Meadows in 2022 and Djokovic continues to refuse a coronavirus vaccination.
Talking after selecting up his fourth Wimbledon trophy in a row – and seventh general – Djokovic mentioned that an exemption was ‘not realistically doable’, which means he will be unable to equal Rafael Nadal’s document of twenty-two Grand Slam titles there.
‘I’m not vaccinated and I’m not planning to get vaccinated so the one excellent news I can have is them eradicating the mandated inexperienced vaccine card or exemption,’ the 35-year-old Serbian mentioned.
‘I don’t know what exemption can be about. I don’t have a lot solutions there.’
An unvaccinated Djokovic travelled out to the Australian Open earlier this 12 months – solely to be deported and barred from enjoying after spending time locked up in an immigration facility.
He tried to make use of a medical exemption to enter the nation, however this finally failed as he was unable to defend his 2021 title and subsequently suffered a dip in type.
‘This 12 months began the best way it has began and it has affected me positively within the first a number of months of the 12 months,’ Djokovic added.
‘I used to be not feeling nice typically. Mentally, emotionally, I used to be not at a superb place.
‘I realised at that time that it’s going to take a while, that I've to be affected person, and ultimately I'll get myself within the optimum state.’
The US Open will get underway on August 29 and runs till September 11.
Djokovic has gained the title on three events and beforehand labelled their ban on unvaccinated gamers as ‘political’.
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