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Tennis: US alt to Djokovic not vaccinated, he will miss Indian Wells

2023-03-07T08:24:51.798Z


He remains number 1 in the world, but will not be able to play in Indian Wells and Miami (ANSA) World number 1 tennis Novak Djokovic has been forced to withdraw from the Indian Wells Masters 1000, having been barred from entering the United States because he was not vaccinated against Covid . This was announced by the organizers of the Californian tournament. For the same reason, the Serbian tennis player, who in recent weeks has unsuccessfully requested a special exemption from the American


World number 1 tennis Novak Djokovic has been forced to withdraw from the Indian Wells Masters 1000, having been barred from entering the United States because he was not vaccinated against Covid

.

This was announced by the organizers of the Californian tournament.

For the same reason, the Serbian tennis player, who in recent weeks has unsuccessfully requested a special exemption from the American authorities,

will not be able to play the other Masters 1000 scheduled in two weeks' time in Miami, Florida

   Djokovic maintains the top of the ATP Ranking, the classification which is based on the best results in the last 52 weeks

and retains great chances of remaining number 1 in the world even after the "Sunshine Double"

, the pairing of the first two Masters 1000 of the season in California and Florida.

In fact, to overcome him, the number 2 Carlos Alcaraz would have to win Indian Wells and then also triumph in Miami, where he is the reigning champion, to eventually remain number 1. But he is not even sure he will play in the two tournaments, due to the injury which Acapulco skipped.

   For number 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas, on the other hand, a title and a final would be enough, so to speak.

In this week of expectations and confirmations, Daniil Medvedev has further approached the top 5 while Holger Rune has improved his best ranking.

The points from the semifinal at the ATP 500 in Acapulco projected the highest-ranking Dane in the history of the ATP ranking introduced in 1973 to position number 8.

 As for the Italians after the knockout in the first round in

Santiago, Musetti loses three positions in the ATP ranking and slips out of the top 20 where only Jannik Sinner remains, stable in 13th place

.

Berrettini gains one position, while Sonego returns to the top 60 thanks to the quarterfinals in Dubai.


Source: ansa

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