Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from this week’s BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells; a move which suggests the world No 1 has lost his bid for a Covid-19 vaccination waiver to enter the USA; Djokovic missed last year’s US Open due to America’s Covid-19 restrictions
The governor of Florida has urged US President Joe Biden to allow Novak Djokovic to compete at Indian Wells and the Miami Open, despite the world No 1 being unvaccinated for Covid-19.
Djokovic applied for special permission to play at ATP Masters events Indian Wells on Wednesday and the Miami Open on March 19.
But the Serbian withdrew from Indian Wellsafter Florida senator Rick Scott said US officials had denied the request.
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Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis has urged the Biden administration to allow Djokovic to compete at the ATP Masters events, describing the denial as “unfair, unscientific and unacceptable”.
“I urge you to reconsider. It’s time to put pandemic politics aside and give the American people what they want – let him play,” DeSantis wrote in a letter to Biden on Tuesday. READ MORE
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