Djokovic could miss Australian Open over vaccination status

Novak Djokovic whitethorn not support his Australian Open title.

The world's top-ranked tennis subordinate volition apt request to beryllium afloat vaccinated to get a visa into the country, which volition reopen its borders successful November.

"You'll request to beryllium treble vaccinated to sojourn Australia. That's a cosmopolitan application, not conscionable to tennis players. I mean that each visitant to Australia volition request to beryllium treble vaccinated," Australia's Minister for Immigration said, according to CNN.

In an interrogation with a Serbian media outlet, Djokovic said helium has nary plans to uncover his vaccination status.

"Too galore radical let themselves the state to inquire and past to judge," Djokovic said, according to Serbian writer Saša Ozmo.
"Whatever you say—I have, I person not, maybe, I bash not cognize oregon I americium reasoning astir it—they volition usage it against you. There is excessive speculation, from the media arsenic well, which bothers maine a lot.

Tennis Australia, which oversees the archetypal expansive slam of the year, has not issued the last guidance for players.

Djokovic is aiming for his 21st expansive slam title, which would interruption the necktie betwixt him, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The Australian Open is Djokovic's astir palmy expansive slam. He has won it a grounds 9 times.