He triumphs at Wimbledon but falls in the standings, and rather than vaccinating himself against Covid he is also ready to give up the US Open. Reiterated his absolute superiority on the noblest grass, last night Novak Djokovic was the protagonist for the seventh time of the exclusive ball that the All England Club organizes every year in honor of the winners of the Championships: blue suit, yellow tie on white shirt , the Serbian champion shared glances and spotlights with Elena Rybakina, the Russian-Kazakh tennis player who won the women’s tournament. The evening of celebrations, which lasted all night, sealed in the best way two weeks that gave Djokovic his fourth consecutive triumph on the lawns of Church Road, the seventh in his career.
Yet, in the aftermath of the victory in the final against Nick Kyrgios, the Serbian lost as much as four positions in the world rankings. An absurd paradox, determined by the controversial decision of the London Slam to exclude Russian and Belarusian tennis players from the scoreboards. Thus determining the reaction of the ATP, which did not award points valid for the world ranking at the third Grand Slam of the season. A mockery for Djokovic, who showed up in London at # 3 in the ranking, then promoted to # 1 in seeding, and has now dropped to # 7 in the world rankings due to points expired since last year. But in the face of Slam no.21 in his career, it is likely that the 35-year-old Serbian champion does not care too much. Having set the record for weeks at the top of the world (373), his priorities are different. Starting with the Slams, after having detached Roger Federer at 20 Slams, and halved the disadvantage from Rafa Nadal (22).
All the more so after what happened in Australia, where the border authorities had first detained him in a center for immigrants last January, then rejected as not vaccinated. After months, Djokovic not only defends his anti-vax position, but also said he is ready to skip the next Grand Slam in the United States, where vaccination is compulsory for those arriving from abroad. “I am not vaccinated and I do not intend to vaccinate myself – he told the Serbian media present at Wimbledon today -. The only possibility for me would be to abolish the ban on entry to the US for unvaccinated people. I am not sure that an exception is possible. “. As, conversely, John McEnroe hopes who, addressing Joe Biden directly, hoped for a solution in favor of the Serbian. “These politicians are getting in the way a little too much. They’ve already done it in Australia. Let this guy in and play him at the US Open, it’s a ridiculous situation!” Resigned, but firm on his positions, Djokovic has ruled out that he will seek – as happened in Australia – an exemption. “I’m on vacation, and I intend to rest for a few weeks, at the end of a tiring period of a few months. There has been a lot of tennis and I’m happy for it. I got what I wanted.”
Source: Ansa
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