Novak Djokovic has confirmed that he will not play the US Open and will be out for another month

Novak Djokovic announced through a statement on his social networks that he will not play the US Open, which will start next Monday and where he aspired to reach the record of 22 Grand Slam titles held by Rafael Nadal.

“Unfortunately this time I will not be able to go to New York for the US Open. Thank you #NoleFam for your messages of love and support. Good luck to my fellow players! I will keep in good shape and in a positive spirit and look forward to the opportunity to compete again. See you soon, world of tennis! “, She posted on her Twitter and Instagram accounts.

A few weeks ago, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) had notified that it would be granted “the same treatment for the unvaccinated as for the vaccinated”, which gave the Serb a glimmer of hope to play for Arthur Ashe.

However, time was against them, given the bureaucracy needed to make this new regulation official, and, as the days went by, their chances of participating were diminishing.

First this morning, still with no confirmation from the CDC on US health policy changes, Nole stopped appearing on the tournament site among policyholders on the main draw, so there was simply the announcement that it finally arrived. .

In this way he will lose his 1200 finisher points from the previous year, could break out of the Top 10 and he was heavily relegated in the fight to qualify for the ATP finals. Today he is 13th in the race, 725 points behind Andrey Rublev in 8th, a distance that will be even greater after these two weeks of tennis in New York.

It will only return to the circuit on 23 September dispute the Laver cup at the O2 Arena in London. Then the Masters 1000 in Paris and Shanghai would appear on his calendar and, given the small number of games played in the year, he could play an ATP 500 (Vienna or Basel, for example) to try to qualify for the Masters Tournament.