Melbourne: With the player to arrive in Sydney for the ATP Cup of the men’s season, there is still no clarity on Monday whether Novak Djokovic is ranked the top will take part in a team tournament or in the Australia Open.
There is an intense speculation on Djokovic’s participation in the Australian Open, which began on January 17, with the 34-year-old player, who opposed vaccination, repeatedly declined to say whether he had been inoculated against Covid-19.
The level of vaccination in the top 100 in men’s tennis is 95%, according to ATP tourism data.
With the Grand Slam committee that confirmed that all players and participants in Melbourne Park must be vaccinated or have a medical exception provided by independent expert panels, Djokovic has made everyone guess everyone.
If Serbia does not appear, the world No.
2 Daniil Medvedev will be the upper lottery in the ATP Cup, and he has arrived in Sydney to help Russia defend the title.
Djokovic, 34, has won a record of nine Australian open titles, including the last three, and possibly he played under enhanced when he was crowned in the Serbian team for the ATP Cup.
But on Saturday, a report at Serbia Daily Blic said Djokovic would not travel to Sydney for the tournament, adding doubts whether he would play in Melbourne Park from January 17.
His father Srdjan told Serbia television channels last month that Djokovic might pull out of the department, said the attitude of Australian tennis in mandatory vaccination was equal to the same “extortion”.
However, Djokovic’s withdrawal will not affect Serb’s participation in a tournament that has a $ 10 million prize wallet, with the teams locked on December 7 based on player entries.
Because of the current world ranking Djokovic, Serbia received the top bill for the ATP 16-team trophy from January 1-9 and was placed in Group A with Norway, Chile and Spain when the lotter was held earlier this month.
With Serbia, who won the initial ATP Cup in 2020, is scheduled to open his campaign on Saturday, time is almost running out to play in Sydney and then in Melbourne, where he will have the opportunity to break the tie three-way for 20 people.
The main titles, currently shared with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.