Novak Djokovic could play in the US Open if changes in US covid policy are confirmed

“I am preparing as if I could compete, while I wait to find out if there is room to travel to the United States. Fingers crossed! “He posted. Novak Djokovic on their social networks on July 30, accompanied by a training video in the background of the track.

Those words sounded more like an expression of desire than a concrete reality, since he was not allowed to contest them Canadian Masters 1000 without doing a 14-day quarantine.

However, a new chapter was written in this novel. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) of the United States has announced new health measures that leave the door open for Djokovic to play USEOpen.

What has been reported, particularly in the case of the Serbian, is that vaccinated people will be given the same treatment as unvaccinated people. Furthermore, people who do not have symptoms of Covid-19 should not be swabbed and close contacts with the virus will not be forced to isolate themselves.

Until last June, when the latest CDC report was issued, a vaccination card was required to enter the United States, which is why the recent Wimbledon champion he couldn’t play Indian Wells and Miami Masters 1000.

Now, however, an important window opens for him to travel to New York, where he would try to reach Rafael Nadal as top champions of the Grand Slam tournament with 22 each.

Flushing Meadows is only two weeks away from the start of the action, playing against the number 6 in the world, given all the bureaucracy necessary to formalize these new measures. Meanwhile, tennis fans are hoping the USTA will step in to speed up the process.

It is clear that the organizers will not want to miss having a star like Djokovic, champion in 2011, 2015 and 2018 at Arthur Ashe Stadium, and they will do everything they can to have their presence, even if it will not depend solely on them.

Are you coming to Turin?

Regardless of whether you are authorized to do so Novak Djokovic plays the US Openit is a fact that will not be present in the Cincinnati Master 1000which leaves its classification to ATP Finals like a real stranger.

The annual ranking, which is the one that will determine the eight players who will arrive in Turin, places him today in tenth place, clearly conditioned by the refusal of the ATP to remove points at Wimbledon, a tournament that the Serbian ended up winning. And he could lose a few more points after Cincinnati.

Still in his position not to get vaccinated, the inability to play the Masters 1000 at Indian Wells, Miami and Canada, in addition to the Australian Open earlier this year, has caused him to lose ground in this fight to reach the Masters Tournament.

In case of not being able to play the last Grand Slam of the season, all the chips will be wagered on the M1000 in Shanghai and Paris and the possibility of playing an ATP 500. A complicated scenario for Nole, but with a glimmer of hope.