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As both tennis stars returned to the court in Dubai, Andy Murray has expressed his view on Novak Djokovic’s anti-vaccine status and says that he must ‘accept the consequences’ for his decision.
As both tennis stars returned to the court in Dubai, Andy Murray has expressed his view on Novak Djokovic’s anti-vaccine status and says that he must ‘accept the consequences’ for his decision.
Jannik Sinner squeezed past Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, while Britain's Dan Evans crashed out to Andrey Rublev at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday. Sinner saved three match points as he almost lost to Davidovich Fokina. The fourth seed was able to hold on in the second-set tie-break and ultimately won the first round contest 4-6 7-6(6) 6-3.
Novak Djokovic's second round opponent in Dubai will be world No. 26 Karen Khachanov, who said on Tuesday he respected the Serb's unwavering position against taking the Covid-19 vaccination. Khachanov came through a two-hour 46-minute duel with Australian Alex de Minaur, 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 7-5, to book a last-16 meeting with the top-seeded Djokovic. As an unvaccinated individual, Djokovic will struggle to travel to many countries this season and has already said he currently isn't allowed to enter the United States, where two Masters 1000 tournaments are being held next month in Indian Wells and Miami.
Andy Murray believes tennis suffers most when Novak Djokovic misses out on major events. Djokovic is set to miss out on the prestigious Indian Wells tournament in March after admitting that, as things stand, he is unable to enter the country due to his vaccination status. Ad/> He was deported from Australia ahead of the Australian Open, and requirements will be unable to compete at the French or US Open too.
Just a month after not being allowed to play in the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic received a strong reception at the Dubai Open.
Novak Djokovic's second-round opponent in Dubai will be world No. 26 Karen Khachanov, who said that he respected the Serb's unwavering position against taking the Covid-19 vaccination.
Novak Djokovic made a triumphant return to the court in his first match since he was denied entry into the Australian Open due to not being vaccinated against Covid-19.