The winner of the Wimbledon final had promised to invite the runner-up so Novak Djokovic made an appointment with Nick Kyrgios for a restaurant in New York where the Serb cannot go due to his refusal to be vaccinated against the Covid.
Thing promised, thing due. Novak Djokovic has pledged to keep his promise to Nick Kyrgios made ahead of the Wimbledon final. The two players have rekindled their often contentious relationship in the past by making a pact before their clash: the winner invites the runner-up to the restaurant. “It’s officially a bromance, had launched Kyrgios laughing. It’s the beginning of a beautiful relationship between us.” Two days later, the Australian was worried that he had no more news (where’s my dinner?) from his executioner on the Center Court (4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6) The latter reassured him and promised to invite him to dinner… in New York.
“Dinner is for me in New York”
“Sorry buddy, Djokovic replied. I called all the restaurants in London on Sunday night and there was no table available. Dinner is for me in New York.” Problem, the 7th player in the world cannot, for the moment, enter the United States which does not accept people who have not been vaccinated against covid. His participation in the next US Open (August 29-September 11) is, for the moment, compromised, especially since the Serbian player does not intend to be vaccinated.
He therefore hopes for a relaxation of health measures by then. “I will wait for good news from the United States because I would really like to go there, play a tournament or two before the US Open, he confided after his coronation in London. I am not vaccinated and I do not intend to be vaccinated. So the only good news possible would be a lifting of the vaccination obligation to enter the territory of the United States, or an exemption. But I do not think that the obtaining an exemption is realistic.”
“If it is impossible to go and play in the United States, I will have to see what the rest of the season can look like, he continued. To be honest, I do not think I will go fishing at points.” If he was banned from the US Open, he could project himself into the Laver Cup and the Davis Cup. Dinner with Kyrgios should be postponed.
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