The ATP Cup, a competition by nations organized by the ATP, marks the starting gun of the season on the men’s circuit.
Djokovic, 34, still has doubts about his participation in the Australian Open (January 17-30), the Grand Slam that he has won nine times, including the last three editions.
In the event of victory in the 2022 edition, a new title would mean the conquest of his 21st ‘great’, thus beating the record he currently shares with the Spanish Rafael Nadal and the swiss Roger Federer, all three with 20.
But to be allowed to enter Australia and to participate in the tournament, the players, their environment and the members of their team must be vaccinated.
Y Novak Djokovic it does not mean whether he is vaccinated or not. His father Srdjan had declared at the end of November on Serbian television that his son would not go “probably” al Australia Open, denouncing blackmail by the organizers.
The Australian Tennis Federation has made charter flights available to tennis players to allow them to go to Melbourne Y Sydney to participate in the preparatory tournaments.
The last champion of the Australian Open female, japanese Naomi Osaka, was among those who landed on Tuesday, while Djokovic was not on board.
Tennis players also had the possibility to choose to travel to Australia with one of the international commercial flights.
Djokovic He is not the only tennis player who will not participate in the ATP Cup, due to the Covid-19 or injury, and France will replace Austria in Group B following the withdrawal of Dominic Thiem and of Dennis Novakorganizers announced Wednesday.
Three tennis players from the team Russia, Andrey Rublev, who contracted the coronavirus, Aslan Karatsev Y Evgeny Donskoy, are also low, indicated the ATP Cupas well as the American Austin Krajicek.
The shadow of covid hover over him Australian Open and about the tournaments that must be played before.
The presence of the Spanish star Rafael Nadal, is still a doubt too, after I tested positive for coronavirus upon his return from an exhibition tournament of Abu Dhabi in December.
His rival in that tournament, Denis Shapovalov, semifinalist in Wimbledon, it also tested positive.
Three players participating in the same event also tested positive: the Swiss Olympic champion, Belinda Bencic, the British champion of the US Open, Emma Raducanu, and the Tunisian quarterfinalist from Wimbledon, Ons Jabeur.
This same Wednesday, the Australian tennis player Nick kyrgios exhorted Nadal already Djokovic to participate in the Australian Open, stating that it would be a “disaster” if the “big three” they were low.
The Swiss tennis icon, Roger Federer, had already announced his discharge in the Australian Open after a year of absence due to double surgery on the right knee.
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