The director of the tournament in Madrid, Feliciano Lopez, spoke out and welcomed Novak Djokovic to the Spanish capital.
- “I am often asked about this these days. After what happened in Australia, it seems that the main problem is where Novak will be able to play. In the end, we as a tournament can’t decide who can and who can’t play. That message from Australia was sent as very confusing. ” – Lopez began and continued:
- “It is not known whether Novak was allowed to enter Australia, who let him go, the tournament? State? People do not enter countries because of what tournaments say, but because of the laws that exist in those moments, and they are not enforced by tournaments or tennis federations. I hope that the number of infected will continue to decline in Spain and that my country will be fine, that people will stop dying and everything will get better. So if the restrictions are minimal or if there are none, and we would like everyone to be able to enter freely and we expect that, then Djokovic is as welcome as any player. ” – concluded Feliciano Lopez.
So far, Nole has lifted the trophy in Madrid three times.
