While the entire tennis world is focused on the events in Italy, that is, the Final Masters, which is entering the finish line, Australia is largely making plans for next year.
Australian Open director Craig Tilly went public during the night and announced that only vaccinated tennis players will be able to participate in the first Grand Slam of the season!
Much has been written about this topic, and now it seems that a definite decision has been made – the tournament organizers are not giving up on their intention.
Tilly claims that this attitude is clear to tennis players from the very beginning.
– To come to the state of Victoria and participate in the Australian Open, you must be vaccinated. This has long been pointed out to tennis players. Everyone must be vaccinated, both the players and the entire staff – said Tili.
Many versions of the new rules were circulating in the world tennis public, and in one of them the tournament would move to Sydney where the rules are less strict, and in the other tennis players would be exempt from the rules that apply only to domestic athletes. There was even a story that vaccination would not be mandatory for coming to Melbourne.
– We would like to have Novak here at the tournament. I hope that he will come – said Tili, since the biggest controversy is over the world’s best tennis player.
Djokovic stated his position on the MANDATORY vaccination more than a year ago, while some time ago he did not want to say whether he was vaccinated against the coronavirus or not.
Officially, preparations for the Australian Open began today. And, it remains to be seen when we will actually watch the Australian Open…