Novak Djokovic in the course of the Males’s Singles Ultimate match on day fourteen of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships in London, England on July 10, 2022 in London, England. Novak Djokovic’s hopes of taking part in on the US Open took one other hit after the match mentioned it will abide by the US authorities’s guidelines on the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Novak Djokovic’s hopes of taking part in on the US Open took one other hit after the match mentioned it will abide by the US authorities’s guidelines on the Covid-19 vaccine.
The 35-year-old, a three-time champion at Flushing Meadows, was named to the entry listing for the ultimate Grand Slam of the 12 months on Wednesday, however that’s routine fairly than a sign that he can be allowed to play.
He was included within the discipline for the ultimate Grand Slam of the 12 months alongside British pairing Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu, who hope to defend the title she received as a qualifier final 12 months.
Six-time winner Serena Williams can even be on the sector in hopes of equaling Margaret Court docket’s all-time file of 24 Grand Slam titles on the age of 40.
Nonetheless, it appears unlikely that Djokovic, who would intention to affix Rafael Nadal on the high of the boys’s all-time listing on twenty second with victory in New York, will play, regardless of beforehand talking of his hopes of a pardon.
America requires non-citizens to be absolutely vaccinated towards the coronavirus to enter, that means Djokovic, who has repeatedly made it clear he won’t be vaccinated, won’t be allowed entry.
An announcement from the US Open, which doesn’t have its personal vaccination guidelines, reads: “Per the Grand Slam rulebook, all eligible gamers are mechanically entered into the boys’s and girls’s singles primary draw fields primarily based on rating 42 days prior. the primary Monday of the occasion.
“The US Open doesn’t have a vaccination mandate for gamers, however will respect the place of the US authorities concerning journey to the nation for unvaccinated non-US residents.”
Djokovic’s stance already price him his likelihood to compete on the Australian Open earlier this 12 months and he appears probably to take action once more.
Whereas Djokovic is extremely unlikely to be in New York, one other former champion can be after Williams was included within the entry listing.
A six-time winner, Williams signaled her intention to contest her house Grand Slam after signing as much as play many of the US hard-court tour, together with occasions in Toronto and Cincinnati.
Nice Britain’s Kyle Edmund can be set to participate in his first Grand Slam singles occasion in two years.
The 27-year-old’s profession was derailed by a knee damage, however he returned at Wimbledon, taking part in in combined doubles.
And he has used his protected rating of 48 to make sure, pending his well being, that he can be included in the principle draw.
Petition for Djokovic to play
Practically 12,000 folks have signed a web-based petition for the US Tennis Affiliation (USTA) to work with the nation’s authorities to permit Djokovic to compete on the US Open regardless of his refusal to obtain the Covid-19 vaccine.
“There’s completely no motive at this stage of the pandemic to not permit Djokovic to play on the 2022 US Open,” learn the change.org petition, which was launched on June 21.
“(The) US authorities and the USTA should work collectively to permit him to play… MAKE IT HAPPEN, USTA!”
The Serb, who retained his Wimbledon crown with a win over Australian Nick Kyrgios earlier this month, mentioned in February that he was ready to overlook Grand Slams fairly than get a Covid-19 vaccination.
The principle draw of the US Open begins on August 29.
Williams, Raducanu named in star-studded discipline for Cincinnati Open
Forward of the US Open, Williams will participate within the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati subsequent month together with her qualification protected, organizers of the US Open set-up match mentioned on Tuesday.
She can be joined by Raducanu, who will use the occasion to arrange for the protection of her Grand Slam crown at Flushing Meadows, the place she received her first Grand Slam title final 12 months.
Williams, who returned to the Tour after a 12 months away final month, fell within the first spherical at Wimbledon however has proven she just isn’t but prepared to hold up her racket regardless of being two months shy of her forty first birthday.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion can even play on the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Toronto from August 6-14 after she selected to make use of her protected qualification to enter the principle draw.
Williams, the oldest participant within the males’s and girls’s fields this 12 months, received the match in Cincinnati twice in her profession in 2014 and 2015, whereas she was runner-up in 2013.
The match from August 13 to 21 can be headed by Daniil Medvedev and Iga Swiatek.
Former ladies’s champions within the discipline embody Victoria Azarenka, Madison Keys, Garbine Muguruza and Karolina Pliskova.
Different Grand Slam champions within the ladies’s draw embody Raducanu, Naomi Osaka, Simona Halep, Bianca Andreescu, Jelena Ostapenko, Barbora Krejcikova, Angelique Kerber, Petra Kvitova and newly topped Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
Djokovic and Nadal, who’ve received 43 majors between them, will headline the boys’s discipline that additionally contains former champion Alexander Zverev, who missed Wimbledon by means of damage, Grigor Dimitrov and Marin Cilic.