the Serbian Novak Djokovic has not obtained the waiver necessary to enter the United States without a vaccine against corona virusthen you will lose the file Miami Masters 1000assured tournament director James Blake on Saturday.
“We are one of the best tournaments in the world and we would like the best players to be able to compete. We have done everything possible. We’ve tried to talk to the government, but there’s nothing we can do“said Blake in an interview broadcast by ‘Tennis Channel’.
“The same thing happened with Indian Wells. I know (director) Tommy Haas did his best. We tried for Djokovic to get a waiver, but it wasn’t possible“, He added.
The Miami tournament will be held from March 19 to April 2, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
Djokovic is on the list of previous entries, but his participation was up in the air due to US regulations requiring non-citizens and non-residents to present a certificate of vaccination against the coronavirus.
Djokovic fails to meet this requirement due to his refusal to get vaccinatedwhich last year already prevented him from competing in American tournaments, including the US Open.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) extended the requirement for non-citizen and non-resident visitors to present a certificate of complete coronavirus vaccination from January 8 to April 10.
In 2022, the Serbian was unable to compete in the Australian Open and did not participate in the American tour, both at the beginning of the season, in Indian Wells and Miami, and in the summer, in Washington, Montreal and Cincinnati, as well as the “big” New Yorker .
Source: Clarin
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