18 March 2023 at 07:15 Djokovic will not be allowed to play the Miami Open Tennis star Novak Djokovic (35) will not be given the green light to play in the Miami Open next week. The reason is that he has not been vaccinated against the coronavirus. The rules in the USA are that all visitors must be vaccinated. Djokovic submitted an application for exemption, but this was refused. – We tried to arrange so that Novak Djokovic could get an exception, but it didn’t work out that way, tournament director James Blake said on Friday. – We are obviously one of the leading tournaments in the world, and we would prefer to have the best here to play. We did everything we could. We tried to talk to the government but it is not up to us,” he added. Djokovic did not play any tournaments in the United States last year for the same reason, and he is also sitting out the Indian Wells tournament, which is being played these days. Both Indian Wells and the Miami Open are Masters 1000 tournaments. It is expected that the vaccination requirement for entry will be removed when the crisis declarations for covid-19 expire on 11 May. Djokovic also sat out last year’s Australian Open after being kicked out of the country for not being vaccinated. The Serbian has said that he would rather continue not playing Grand Slam tournaments than get vaccinated. He equaled Rafael Nadal’s record of 22 Grand Slam wins at the Australian Open in January. He has not played Indian Wells or the Miami Open since 2019. (NTB)
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