Novak Djokovic might have to miss French Open

French Sports activities Ministry’s new mandates would possibly make Novak Djokovic miss out on French Open 2022

The choice of not getting vaccinated looks as if the one which Novak Djokovic goes to remorse for fairly some time. The Serbian tennis star has lately been despatched again to Serbia and can miss out on the Australian Open. Now, it appears to be like like Djokovic will miss out on the French Open as effectively.

France has lately handed a vaccine legislation that restricts unvaccinated individuals to entry public areas. The French Sports activities Ministry has doubled down on this and has said that the foundations will stay the identical and there’ll no particular exemptions, in an announcement which learn (h/t reuters):

“The rule is easy. The vaccine cross will probably be imposed, as quickly because the legislation is promulgated, in institutions that had been already topic to the well being cross,” the ministry stated. It will apply to everybody who’s a spectator or knowledgeable sportsperson. And this till additional discover. Now, so far as Roland Garros is anxious, it’s in Might. The state of affairs could change between from time to time and we hope that it is going to be extra beneficial. So we’ll see, however clearly there’s no exemption.”

French Sports activities Minister had earlier welcomed Novak Djokovic

Whereas Novak Djokovic was nonetheless battling with the Australian Authorities, the French Sports activities Minister publicly welcomed the Serbian to play on the French Open with out being vaccinated. It’s fascinating to see how Roxana Maracineanu has flipped from her assertion and Djokovic will most certainly miss out on the Roland Garros as effectively if the state of affairs doesn’t change.

Throughout an interview with ESPN, Maracineanu stated:

“He wouldn’t observe the identical organisational preparations as those that are vaccinated. However he’ll nonetheless be capable of compete [at Roland Garros] as a result of the protocols, the well being bubble, permits it.”

The followers will definitely prefer to see Djokovic compete for his twenty first Grand Slam. Nevertheless, nothing might be stated with certainty. With the specter of lacking out on French Open looming over Djokovic’s head, it stays to be seen how the state of affairs unfolds within the upcoming weeks.

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