Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic will not participate in the Indian Wells Masters 1000 because he is not vaccinated against covid-19. The number 1 in the world had his request for exemption from the rule that only allows vaccinated foreigners to enter the United States denied by the American authorities and will be replaced by Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic withdrew from the 2023 BNP Paribas Open.
With his retirement, Nikoloz Basilashvili enters the field.#TennisParadise pic.twitter.com/wUcBn5upc7
— BNP Paribas Open (@BNPPARIBASOPEN) March 6, 2023
Thus, this will be Djokovic’s third time out of the competition. In 2021 he did not participate in the tournament due to the atypical schedule developed due to the pandemic. Last year the Serbian also missed the Indian Wells Masters 1000 because he was not authorized to enter the United States because he was not vaccinated. The 35-year-old tennis player is also out of the competition in Miami, which takes place in late March.
Djokovic, who has already won the Indian Wells Masters 1000 on five occasions (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016), being the competition’s biggest winner, alongside Switzerland’s Roger Federer, will not be the only lightweight in the tournament , which starts this Wednesday. Spaniard Rafael Nadal has announced that he will not participate in the championship, as he has not yet recovered from a hip injury.
Source: Terra
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