Novak Djokovic reveals he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and will sit out grand slams if they have mandates

Tennis star Novak Djokovic has revealed he is not vaccinated against COVID-19, and will continue to sit out tournaments that require players to have been administered the vaccine.

In an exclusive interview with the BBC, the Serbian said he was willing to miss future tournaments in order to avoid being vaccinated.

When asked if he had been vaccinated, Djokovic responded: «I have not.»

When asked if he was willing to miss the upcoming French Open and Wimbledon, Djokovic responded: «Yes.»

When asked if he was willing to forego becoming statistically the greatest male tennis player in history, Djokovic responded: «Yes.»

«That is the price I'm willing to pay,» he said.

«Because the principles of the decision making on my body are more important than any title or anything else.

»I'm trying to be in tune with my body as much as I can. I've always been a great student of wellness, wellbeing, health, nutrition."

While Djokovic said he was yet to be vaccinated, he had not closed the door on receiving the jab at some point in the future, stating he was not against the vaccine as a solution to the COVID-19 pandemic.

«I understand and support fully the freedom to choose whether you want to get vaccinated or not, and I have not spoken about this before and I have not disclosed my medical record and my vaccination status because I had the right to keep that private and discreet,» he said.

«But as I see there is a lot of wrong conclusions and assumptions out there, I think it's important to speak up about that and justify certain things.

»I was never against vaccination."

«I understand that globally everyone is trying to put a big effort into handling this virus and seeing, hopefully, an end soon to this virus, and vaccination was probably the