Djokovic will be able to play Wimbledon

Djokovic, last weekend in Belgrade. ANDREJ CUKIC (EFE)

The great of the grass, Wimbledon, announced this Tuesday that it will allow those players who are not vaccinated against covid to participate.

That includes the number one, Novak Djokovic, to whom the door of happiness opens wide, the Serb needed good news after a four-month period permanently sidelined due to his refusal to receive the injection.

Absent in Australia, scene of one of the most grotesque episodes in living memory – he was arrested twice and finally deported – he will be able to play from May 22 in Paris and at the end of June in London.

This season, Djokovic has only been able to play three tournaments and eight matches, distributed in the appointments of Dubai (3), Monte Carlo (1) and Belgrade (4), and next week he will parade through the Caja Mágica in Madrid.

He will be the one from Belgrade – Wimbledon champion in 2021 and with six titles to his credit – after communicating at the end of the tournament in his hometown that he currently suffers from an illness that causes him a lot of fatigue.

“It is not about the coronavirus, I do not want to give more details, but it is something that affects my metabolism.

I began to feel unwell, tired;

It also happened to me in Monte Carlo ”, he explained without wanting to detail what the diagnosis is.

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What is evident is that the Serbian is not going through a good moment.

In Dubai he lost in the second round (Jiri Vesely), in Monte Carlo from the start (Alejandro Davidovich) and in his house he lost in the final against Andrei Rublev, last Sunday.

“After four three-set battles what I see is that I am tired, but I am satisfied”, transmitted the king of the circuit, who announced this weekend that from now on he will dispense with another of the usual members of his work team , physiotherapist Miljan Amanovic;

previously, on March 2, he parted ways with his longtime coach, Marjan Vajda.

Wimbledon's green light for the unvaccinated contrasts with the news announced last week.

The English

will not allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to compete in the next edition (from June 27 to July 10) due to the military offensive on Ukraine.

Ukraine and “responsibility”

"We believe we have made the most responsible decision given the circumstances as there is no other viable alternative," English club president Ian Hewitt said on Tuesday.

"We wish to express our continued support for all those affected by the conflict in Ukraine during these shocking and distressing times," the organization said in a statement last week, specifying that they have followed UK government guidelines and are acting on their behalf. "responsibility" in the face of "such an unjustified and unprecedented military aggression."

Wimbledon confirmed that the 2022 edition will be the first that does not have the traditional

, the day that served as a rest for the residents of the Merton neighborhood and the players.

Consequently, the traditional

(Crazy Monday) will not take place, in which all the round of 16 were played, which will now be divided between Sunday and Monday.

In addition, the tournament will join the rest of the Grand Slams with the introduction of a 10-point tie-break in the final set to avoid excessively prolonged matches.

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