Rick Scottcurrently a senator of the Republican Party in Florida and who was governor of that state between 2011 and 2019, has announced that Novak Djokovic has been denied the exemption to enter the United States and thus play the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells (March 8-19) and Miami (March 22-April 2)..
Scott has asked by letter the direct mediation of President Joe Biden to allow access to the country of world number one, who is the only member of the male and female ‘top100’ who has ruled out the option of vaccinating against the coronavirus.
marco rubioanother senator from Florida, expresses himself in the same terms as his colleague Scott and has also signed the same letter addressed to Biden.
“We are writing to urge you to grant the requested waiver, which is necessary to allow Mr. Djokovic to compete in the Miami Open professional tennis tournament to be held in our state of Florida beginning March 19, 2023. “, the message reads.
time passes and The draw for the Indian Wells draw, the first TMS of the course, is on Monday, March 6 at three in the afternoon local time.
Djokovic already warned that he would not wait for the preparation of the pairings to delete himself from the contest and that he would do so sooner if his request for access to the United States is not accepted.
the serbian asked for special permission to play the first American hardcourt tour, which was already lost in 2022 by giving up the vaccine. He was also unable to participate later in Montreal, Cincinnati and US Open.
The United States will not allow foreigners not vaccinated against Covid to cross its borders until May 11.
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