Pierre-Hugues Herbert will not participate in the next Challenger tournaments to which he had signed up due to a positive test for Covid-19.
The 110th player in the world had already indicated not to travel to Australia because of his vaccination status.
"
I am not an anti-vax
", repeats the tricolor tennis player in an interview with
L'Equipe
, where he reports "
slight symptoms
".
"
I might potentially have an immune 'pass' for a little while if I healed well
," notes the 8th in doubles.
But I have no idea what to do next.
I try to adapt as best I can.
All I know is that it doesn't look blazing, my professional future.
"
The Alsatian takes a critical look at his inability to register for several tournaments because of his vaccination status: “
the next step is to potentially stop playing tennis.
I hope I never get there
. ”
While declaring “
that with the vaccination pass, we are going a bit too far.
"
The winner of the last doubles masters also took the opportunity to support Novak Djokovic, still in detention in Melbourne pending whether or not he will be able to play the Australian Open, of which he justifies the questions about vaccination: “
Novak still has an even finer connection to the body than me.
It is someone who has made of his body a weapon of war.
We see it by its flexibility, among others.
Everything is calculated in everything he eats.
It's a lifestyle.
We discussed it at the Masters together.
And for once, we feel extremely alone on the circuit.
"