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Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic (34) started training after a month of rest. The world unit has announced that it is still preparing to play the biggest indoor tournament of the ATP Masters 1000 series in Paris (November 1-7), the selection event of the world’s best ATP Final eight in Turin (November 14-21) and also the Davis Cup final tournament in Madrid, Turin and Innbruck (25 November – 5 December).
However, it is still unknown whether he will take part in next year’s inaugural grand slam tournament of the Australian Open season in Melbourne due to the strict pandemic measures of the Victoria government, including the obligation to vaccinate participants.
“The current state of affairs is that I do not know if I will fly to Melbourne in January. It is my most successful grand slam tournament, but I really do not know. We should expect the final decision of the Australian government and Tennis Australia in two weeks. I know from my manager that they are trying prepare better conditions for players than a year ago, both for those who have been vaccinated against coronavirus and for those who have not.
However, if the conditions of the strict quarantine of this year are maintained, several tennis players will probably consider whether they will travel to Australia. Viktor Troicki would be able to talk about it. He and 70 other players had to stay in quarantine in Australia this year. “ Novak Djokovic said in an extensive interview on the website of the Serbian daily Blic,
The trustees of Marián Vajda and Goran Ivaniševič admitted that he is already tired of the whole world solving the COVID-19 disease and refuses to answer the question whether he is vaccinated. According to him, it is a private matter for everyone and according to Serbian law they do not have to answer this type of question.
“I will not reveal my condition. Too many people today allow themselves to attack a person’s freedom and condemn him. No matter what you answer. Yes, no, I don’t know, I think, it doesn’t matter. It will always be abused. The media spread among people. fear and panic and especially anger. And I don’t want to take part in this storm. I feel that everyone is then hostile to each other and it has long since crossed the boundaries of humanity. that’s what I think, ” Djokovic explained his position.
The Serbian tennis phenomenon has had the best year of his career, in which he really attacked the so-called calendar Grand Slam. After triumphs at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledone, however, he was stopped by Russian Daniil Medvedev in the final at the US Open. After a month spent in a family circle in Belgrade, however, other thoughts swirl in his head than chasing other victories and titles on the competition courts.
In his hometown, he focused on the concept of establishing his tennis academy and the Serbian Tennis Center. “I see this as fulfilling myself in the future. When I started working on it, I realized that I was happy about it. I want to pass on my tennis life to as many younger generations of players as possible. I believe that they can be motivated by what I survived with tennis. I feel it will fill me, “ added by Novak Djokovič on the website sport.blic.rs.
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