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The world’s prime males’s tennis player Novak Djokovic will miss the Miami Open subsequent week, after being denied entry to the United States as a result of he’s unvaccinated in opposition to Covid-19, match director James Blake introduced on Friday.
The United States nonetheless requires worldwide guests to be vaccinated in opposition to Covid-19, and the Serbian, who has beforehand confirmed that he stays unvaccinated, had utilized for particular permission to enter the nation forward of the match.
“We tried to get Novak Djokovic to be allowed to get an exemption, but that wasn’t able to happen,” Blake mentioned in an interview with the Tennis Channel.
“Obviously, we’re one of the premier tournaments in the world, we’d like to have the best players that can play. We did all that we could. We tried to talk to the government, but that’s out of our hands.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said earlier this month he would “run a boat from the Bahamas” for Djokovic to compete within the Miami Open tennis match.
DeSantis known as on US President Joe Biden to drop the vaccine requirement for worldwide vacationers so the 22-time grand slam champion would find a way to compete.
The 35-year-old Djokovic has missed a number of different tournaments due to his vaccination status. Earlier this month, Djokovic withdrew from the continued BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells in California due to being denied the exemption. Last yr, he missed Indian Wells, the Miami Open and all of the tournaments included within the US Open swing.
The Miami Open’s major draw play begins March 22 and and the match ends April 2.