Novak Djokovic lacks support from tennis fans as Joe Biden told to ignore US Open calls
Novak Djokovic should not be allowed to compete at this year's US Open due to his Covid vaccination status, Express Sport readers have concluded. Djokovic faces an uphill battle to enter America, which has strict rules on vaccinations, to compete in the tournament later this month.
Entry to the United States for foreign nationals is subject to proof of at least double vaccination against the virus. Djokovic, 21-time Grand Slam champion and reigning Wimbledon winner, refuses to be vaccinated.
The 35-year-old's vaccination status infamously saw him kicked out of Australia ahead of the Australian Open in January. Djokovic initially believed he had obtained a medical exemption from the tournament organizers, but this was overturned by the country's government.
There have been calls for the world number 6 to be granted a bye ahead of the US Open, which begins on August 29. Fans, players and senior politicians have called on President Joe Biden to grant Djokovic special access in order to compete. at the tournament.
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However, Express Sport readers are among those who disagree with this view and believe that Djokovic should be denied entry. In a reader poll of Express Sport, 60% of readers said the Serb shouldn't be allowed to play in the US Open as an unvaccinated player.
A total of 37.5% said he should be allowed to compete, while 2.2% said they weren't sure. The survey had 19,581 participants.
Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert tried to pressure Biden after he sent his own letter to the president. Gohmert told local media ahead of his letter: "Novak Djokovic overcame war and threats of famine to become one of the best tennis players in the world, if not the best player. Yet now it looks like he won't be. may not be able to overcome the cold, heartless, malicious, and scientifically oblivious mentality of the Biden administration in order to compete in the 2022 US Open.
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“The current vaccination mandate for foreign travelers to the United States is not only anti-science, it is anti-American. Right now, it is ridiculous that anyone, anywhere, is currently mandated to take this authorized COVID vaccine for emergency use from which the risk of personal harm increases as manufacturer liability for injury or death is avoided.
"This is the very vaccine that Dr. Deborah Birx told us so eloquently last week that she...
Novak Djokovic should not be allowed to compete at this year's US Open due to his Covid vaccination status, Express Sport readers have concluded. Djokovic faces an uphill battle to enter America, which has strict rules on vaccinations, to compete in the tournament later this month.
Entry to the United States for foreign nationals is subject to proof of at least double vaccination against the virus. Djokovic, 21-time Grand Slam champion and reigning Wimbledon winner, refuses to be vaccinated.
The 35-year-old's vaccination status infamously saw him kicked out of Australia ahead of the Australian Open in January. Djokovic initially believed he had obtained a medical exemption from the tournament organizers, but this was overturned by the country's government.
There have been calls for the world number 6 to be granted a bye ahead of the US Open, which begins on August 29. Fans, players and senior politicians have called on President Joe Biden to grant Djokovic special access in order to compete. at the tournament.
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However, Express Sport readers are among those who disagree with this view and believe that Djokovic should be denied entry. In a reader poll of Express Sport, 60% of readers said the Serb shouldn't be allowed to play in the US Open as an unvaccinated player.
A total of 37.5% said he should be allowed to compete, while 2.2% said they weren't sure. The survey had 19,581 participants.
Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert tried to pressure Biden after he sent his own letter to the president. Gohmert told local media ahead of his letter: "Novak Djokovic overcame war and threats of famine to become one of the best tennis players in the world, if not the best player. Yet now it looks like he won't be. may not be able to overcome the cold, heartless, malicious, and scientifically oblivious mentality of the Biden administration in order to compete in the 2022 US Open.
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“The current vaccination mandate for foreign travelers to the United States is not only anti-science, it is anti-American. Right now, it is ridiculous that anyone, anywhere, is currently mandated to take this authorized COVID vaccine for emergency use from which the risk of personal harm increases as manufacturer liability for injury or death is avoided.
"This is the very vaccine that Dr. Deborah Birx told us so eloquently last week that she...
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