World primary Novak Djokovic was named on Wednesday within the official entry listing for subsequent 12 months’s Australian Open, however 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams was absent.
Djokovic has refused to reveal his vaccination standing on the January 17-30 match at Melbourne Park regardless of all gamers, officers, workers and followers needing to be vaccinated towards COVID-19.
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Local media stories mentioned all these on the entry listing required vaccination or medical exemption. Tennis Australia didn’t instantly reply to a request for affirmation of that rule.
Djokovic, who’s bidding for a document twenty first Grand Slam males’s singles title when he performs within the match, mentioned final week that he would decide about touring to Australia “very soon”.
The 34-year-old was additionally named within the Serbia squad for the ATP Cup, which can be held in Sydney in early January, when he was launched on Tuesday.
To play in Sydney with out vaccination, the state authorities should apply for an exemption for Djokovic and endure a 14-day quarantine upon arrival.
Williams, who gained the final of her seven Australian Open titles in 2017, had a season interrupted by damage and has not performed since being dominated out of her first spherical match at Wimbledon in June as a consequence of a leg damage.
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Tournament organizer Craig Tilly mentioned final month that the 40-year-old American, who wants one other Grand Slam title to equal Margaret Court’s document of 24, will play at Melbourne Park.
After dropping within the semifinals to Naomi Osaka at this 12 months’s Australian Open, Williams paused for a second and positioned her hand on her coronary heart, leaving the Rod Laver Arena for a standing ovation, later tearing up at a information convention .
20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer has already confirmed that he’ll pull out of the occasion after recovering from one other spherical of knee surgical procedure.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
