Novak Djokovic won't be able to enter the US for next week's US Open because of his refusal to receive the Covid-19 vaccine.
The Wimbledon final was held last month.
U.S. rules require foreign nationals entering the U.S. to bevaccinated against Covid, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently loosened restrictions on unvaccinated Americans.
The Australian Open barred the world No. 6 from playing in January after he was deported over his medical exemption to the country's vaccine requirements.
At the U.S. Open, Nadal will attempt to win his 23rd Grand Slam title, which would make him the only player in the history of the sport to have at least 23.
I won't be able to go to NY for the US Open. See you soon tennis world.
The most prominent athletes in the world have not received the Covid vaccine since early 2020 due to the opposition of Novak. After he was deported ahead of the Australian Open, he said he would miss future tournaments that require the Covid vaccine. The Serbian native said in June that his participation in the U.S. Open was up to the U.S. government, and that he wouldn't receive the Covid vaccine. In the French Open quarterfinals, he lost to Nadal, but he looked in top form at the Grand Slams.
John McEnroe, a seven-time Grand Slam champion, railed against the exclusion of Novak Djokovic from the US Open on Tuesday.
Novak and his wife bought a majority stake in a company researching alternative Covid-19 treatments.
Serena Williams will retire after the U.S. Open. The Open Era has the most Grand Slam titles of all time.
He says he's prepared to miss future tournaments instead of getting covid shot.
John McEnroe thinks that the U.S. Open wouldn't be the same without Novak.
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