Novak Djokovic will play the Australian Open in 2023 and will have a three-year visa ban lifted.
The 21-time Grand Slam winner has been dubbed the “anti-vaccine poster boy” for his stance on covid-19 and missed this year’s US Open.
Djokovic’s refusal to receive the coronavirus vaccine has been a topic he has spoken out about, and he was politically criticized earlier this year when he appeared at the Australian Open, where he ultimately received a three-year ban mired in controversy. .
He was eventually deported from Australia and banned from playing after being confined to an immigration center despite trying to enter on a medical exemption. He was unable to defend the title.
However, he is aiming to return to the Australian Open in 2021, two years after his victory, to win his 10th Grand Slam, with local publication The Herald Sun reporting that government officials have denied him a visa.
If he wins in Melbourne, Djokovic will surpass Rafael Nadal’s record of 22 Grand Slam titles, the duo will continue to fight for tennis supremacy and the Spaniard will reach the 2022 Grand Slam final. It becomes impossible
The 35-year-old Serb has already surpassed 20-year-old Roger Federer, who defeated Nick Kyrgios in the Wimbledon final this summer.
Despite winning the trophy at SW19, Djokovic remains No. 6 in the world after Wimbledon was stripped of ATP ranking points after Russian and Belarusian players were banned from this year’s event amid the invasion. Ukrainian Russian.
Djokovic won the Slam on the surface last year, with impressive victories at the Australian Open on hard court, Roland Garros on clay and Wimbledon on grass.
But 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz retains a new world ranking of No. 1 after defeating Caspar Rudi in Sunday’s final to win the first Grand Slam of his career at this year’s US Open.
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Source: Metro
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