Novak Djokovic resigned to US Open fate as he prepares for Wimbledon title defence

 

Novak Djokovic is set to miss a subsequent Grand Slam occasion in 2022, with his proceeded refusal to be immunized against Covid-19 prone to scupper his US Open plans.

Novak Djokovic has surrendered "there isn't a lot I can do" about the current year's US Open with the star set to miss a subsequent Grand Slam of 2022.

Djokovic, 35, will start the protection of his Wimbledon title on Monday when he points toward the South Korean player Kwon Soon-charm on Center Court. The favorite can't meet Rafael Nadal, who stays on track for a scheduled Grand Slam, until the last.

In actuality, it currently seems to be SW19 will address Djokovic's last possibility of bringing home a Slam championship this year. He's now missed the Australian Open, having been expelled out of the country the day preceding the competition started following a dangerous adventure over his refusal to be immunized against Covid-19.

He had his spot in the principal draw at the French Open at Roland Garros, regardless of his development being thwarted by an absence of match practice. At Roland Garros, he was beaten in an amazing quarter-last by possible victor Nadal.

"Indeed, starting today I'm not permitted to enter the States under these conditions," he said. "I'll simply need to sit back and watch. I couldn't want anything more than to go to the States. However, starting today, that is unrealistic."

Nonetheless, when inquired as to whether he had "totally shut his psyche" to being inoculated, the 20-time Grand Slam champ gruffly answered "yes." It puts an additional accentuation on his bid to win a seventh Wimbledon crown throughout the following fortnight.

The famous grass-court occasion has had its own issues to manage in its development, following the choice to boycott Russian and Belarusian players in the midst of the conflict in Ukraine. It's a decision that Djokovic himself has been vociferously disparaging of.

The ATP, WTA, and ITF have responded to the boycott by stripping Wimbledon of its positioning places. It implies that independent of his exhibition, Djokovic will not have the option to recover his reality No 1 positioning from the missing Daniil Medvedev.