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Djokovic unsure on Australian Open status but has no regrets over vaccine decision

Novak Djokovic is still awaiting word on whether he will be allowed to return to the Australian Open in January after missing the tournament this year because he is not vaccinated against Covid-19.

“It’s really not in my hands right now,” Djokovic said on Thursday at the Laver Cup. “So I’m hoping I will get some positive news.”

Djokovic is a 21-time grand slam champion – second among men, behind only Rafael Nadal’s 22 and one ahead of Roger Federer’s 20 – and he has won a record nine of those trophies at Melbourne Park.

But he was deported from Australia in January after a 10-day legal saga that culminated with his visa being revoked; he was originally granted an exemption to strict vaccination rules by two medical panels and Tennis Australia in order to play in the Australian Open.

The 35-year-old has insisted he will not get the coronavirus vaccine, even if it means missing tennis events.

He was not able to enter two of this season’s four grand slam tournaments, the Australian and the US Opens. The United States currently bars entry to foreign citizens who have not received Covid-19 vaccines, and Djokovic also missed four other events in North America in 2022.

Djokovic was able to get into France, losing to Nadal in the quarter-finals at the French Open in June, and the United Kingdom, winning the title at Wimbledon in July.

The Laver Cup, which begins Friday in London, is Djokovic’s first competition since Wimbledon.

“I don’t have any regrets. I mean, I do feel sad that I wasn’t able to play [at the US Open], but that was a decision that I made, and I knew what the consequences would be,” he said Thursday. “So I accepted them, and that’s it.”

Djokovic has spent more weeks at No 1 in the ATP rankings than anyone else,

Read more on theguardian.com