{"id":12630,"date":"2022-08-26T10:29:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T10:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=12630"},"modified":"2022-08-26T10:29:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T10:29:03","slug":"novak-djokovic-pulls-out-of-2022-us-open-due-to-covid-vaccine-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/novak-djokovic-pulls-out-of-2022-us-open-due-to-covid-vaccine-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Djokovic Pulls Out Of 2022 US Open Due To COVID vaccine status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/novak-djokovic-at-us-open-questioning-a-decision.jpg\" alt=\"Novak Djokovic at US Open questioning a decision\" title=\"Novak Djokovic Pulls Out Of 2022 US Open Due To COVID vaccine status\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12631\" \/><strong>Summary <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Novak Djokovic was one of the favorites to win the 2022 US Open<\/li>\n<li>Djokovic announced that he was pulling out of the US Open<\/li>\n<li>Djokovic remains unvaccinated and is not eligible to get a U.S visa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tennis fans have been looking forward to the final grand slam of the year. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/tennis\/us-open\">2022 US Open<\/a> is set to take place from 29 Aug to Sep 11 and fans expected all of the top players to be in attendance since the COVID-19 situation in the United States is mostly under control. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Novak Djokovic<\/strong> and <strong>Rafael Nadal<\/strong> were among the biggest favorites to win the US Open Championship in the men\u2019s division. Djokovic won Wimbledon 2022 and was very keen on closing out this year with another grand slam win. <\/p>\n<p>Djokovic was expected to play at the 2022 US Open as he was seeded by the tournament organizers and was ranked as a top favorite with multiple betting sites. However, Djokovic surprised his fans when he suddenly announced that he would not take part in the 2022 U.S Open.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Djokovic who remains unvaccinated<\/strong> said that he was pulling out because the United States was only granting visas to vaccinated individuals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/novak-djokovic-opens-up-on-his-covid-19-vaccination-stance\/\">Djokovic\u2019s stance on the COVID-19 vaccination<\/a> has been documented in detail after he faced major problems at the start of the year during the 2022 Australian Open.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_3SXvlf2BCA?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic\u2019s trouble with the Australian authorities over his non-vaccination status caused a lot of drama and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/australia-grants-and-then-cancels-novak-djokovics-visa-after-protests-erupt\/\">his visa was revoked at the last minute<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/novak-djokovic-unable-to-defend-aussie-title-after-deportation-appeal-fails\/\">he was deported<\/a> causing a lot of backlash for both Djokovic and tournament officials. <\/p>\n<p>Djokovic did not want to create a similar drama at the 2022 US Open and decided to pull out a few days before the tournament could start.<\/p>\n<p>US Open tournament director, <strong>Stacy Allaster<\/strong> said it was unfortunate that the fans could not see a great champion in action and pointed out that it was <strong>due to the Federal Government\u2019s vaccination stance against non-US citizens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Djokovic Fans Lash Out On Social Media <\/h2>\n<p>Djokovic who has over 11.2 million followers on Instagram and many more on other social media platforms received a lot of support. <\/p>\n<p>Many fans lashed out at the US Open and the United States government for their vaccination policy and said there was <strong>no scientific evidence to ban Djokovic from entering the United States and playing at the U.S Open<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Politics win again. Sorry Champ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DjokerNole?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DjokerNole<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TYGsL7v8Z8\">https:\/\/t.co\/TYGsL7v8Z8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mardy Fish (@MardyFish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MardyFish\/status\/1562827789627101184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The covid shot doesn\u2019t work to prevent infection or stop spread and is completely unnecessary for young, healthy people. Djokovic is giving up his second major tennis tourney to stand against covid shot mandates. This is what true courage &amp; bravery from an athlete looks like. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B8Xa2usvuQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/B8Xa2usvuQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1562827201594109952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Novak Djokovic was one of the favorites to win the 2022 US Open Djokovic announced that he was pulling out of the US Open Djokovic remains unvaccinated and is not eligible to get a U.S visa Tennis fans have been looking forward to the final grand slam of the year. 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