Srdjan, the father of Novak Djokovic recently criticized an anonymous email with the information that all the 2022 expansion of the Australian players must be vaccinated against Covid-19. He revealed that it is likely that the Serbian player will not attend early next year.
“If what an anonymous email requires true, Djokovic will not play in Australia expanding 2022,” – Mr. Srdjan said. “It was my son and I would solve this problem with him.”
The world's No. 1 tennis player has not made his decision, but his hesitation shows that the athlete born in 1987 did not want to inject the vaccine to attend the first Grand Slam in the new year.
The Australian Organizer expanded Craig Tiley recently confirmed that the tournament would conduct as planned despite the latest concerns about the new Omicron variable, which is expected to be resistant to many vaccines. Earlier, he was confident that 95% of the attendant players will be vaccinated against Covid-19, but it is not sure that the No. 1 seed, Djokovic will be among them.
“So far, 85% of athletes have vaccinated,” Tiley said on November 25. “I think that when the tournament takes place there will be 90-95% of athletes to do this. Because otherwise they will not play.”
And Djokovic always refused information about whether he had vaccinated or not. At ATP Finals, he also left the chances of defending his title in Australia expanded 2022.
“It is human freedom, whether it is me or anyone else,”-Serbian player said when asked about the vaccine to prevent Covid-19.
