It would be a shame if Djokovic couldn't play in the USA.

Novak Djokovic He is in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, a tournament he is playing again after being deported from the country in January 2022. The central government has struggled to revoke his visa, and the law has helped the immigration minister expel nine times. Tournament champion.

Knowle, 35, also later missed the North American hard court tour for not having been vaccinated against Covid.

It is currently impossible to play the next Masters 1000 Indian Wells ATP (March 8-19) and Miami (March 22 – April 4) Because the United States is not allowing entry to foreign nationals who do not have a full coronavirus vaccination schedule. A rule that will last at least until April 10th.

“It would be great if they lifted it before mid-April, as it is supposed to,” said the former German ATP player. “So Djokovic could play in Indian Wells and Miami. I think he really wants to play.” Tommy Haas, He lived in the US for years and ran the Indian Wells Championship in the field of sports.

He went further in his remarks in Melbourne: “It would be a shame if you could not attend these events, if you were not allowed to.”

Haas assured that Indian Wells would do “everything it can” for the Serbs to participate.

“If Djokovic is healthy, I don’t understand why he can’t become world number one again. His only problem now is that he can’t go to the United States.”

In fact, Djokovic will snatch No. 1 from Carlos Alcaraz If he wins for the tenth time at the Australian Open. Another issue is that I can keep it without going to Indian Wells and Miami.