'Tennis better when Novak Djokovic plays' - Andy Murray wants to see world number one back at major events

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.

ATP Dubai'I can't enter the United States' — Djokovic set to miss Indian Wells in March9 HOURS AGO And while Murray says Djokovic must live with the consequences of his decision, he says tennis misses out without it's best player. «I don't agree with his decision, i think it would be a lot easier for him if he was to get vaccinated,» he said. «But i didn't like seeing him in the situation he was in in Australia as someone I respect and have known since I was a child.

I didn't like seeing that. »It would be better for tennis if he was playing all the major events, but there are consequences to the decision he has made and he obviously has to accept that, but I don't think it's great for tennis if our best player is not competing in the major events. 'I can't enter the United States' — Djokovic set to miss Indian Wells Murray fights back to beat O'Connell to reach last-16 Murray was speaking at a press conference after fighting back to beat Christopher O'Connell in the Dubai Duty Free Championship and reach the last-16.

The former world number one and three-time Grand Slam champion has pulled of some good results since returning from injury, but admitted to struggling wtih consistency. «There's a number of guys in the top 25 or 30 in the world, I've beaten 12 or 13 of them since I came back. The consistency has not