“Not a tennis policy” Top journalist bashes Novak Djokovic supporters for wanting the USA to change its rules

Novak Djokovic, the 35-year-old Serbian recently won his 21st Grand Slam title after beating Nick Kyrgios in the finals of the 2022 Wimbledon. He overtook Roger Federer’s tally of 20 Grand Slam titles and is now just 1 title behind Rafael Nadal’s tally of 22 titles. Djokovic has had to miss out on many tournaments due to his unvaccinated status but the Serbian still keeps on winning wherever he plays.

The latest development is that Novak Djokovic will have to miss out on playing at the US Open which commences in a month, the organizers of the tournament have no mandate against unvaccinated players but they said that they will respect the US government’s decision to let only vaccinated foreigners in the country.

The @usta needs to message this…."they" is government policy w/r/t non-citizens…..not tennis policy , much less Djokovic-specific policy…. https://t.co/NnipBjv90A

— Jon Wertheim (@jon_wertheim) July 25, 2022

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Twitter reacts as Novak Djokovic’s entry at the US Open seems almost impossible now

Top journalist, Jon Wertheim took to Twitter to call out fans of Novak Djokovic as they demanded an exemption for Djokovic’s participation in the US Open, as it has been made clear by the organizers at the tournament that they will be following the US government’s rules and if they do so then Djokovic will not be allowed to participate in the US Open.

It is understood that the Tennis federation of a country isn’t responsible for the immigration rules of a country and that was made clear when Djokovic was deported from Australia while trying to partake in the Australian Open, if the US government has decided that they won’t be allowing unvaccinated foreigners in the country then Djokovic will not be allowed to play unless he gets vaccinated which is unlikely to happen as the Serbian has made his stance clear multiple times.

Fans got into an argument on the same issue as journalist Jon Wertheim made it clear to them as well, after winning the Wimbledon, in his post-match interview, Djokovic said, “I’ll wait hopefully for some good news from the USA because I would really love to go there. That would be probably the next big tournament, the next big swing, playing a tournament or two before US Open and US Open. If that doesn’t happen, then I have to see what the schedule will look like. To be honest, I doubt that I’ll go and chase points.”

You’d think people would’ve figured out from the experience in Australia that the national tennis association ISN’T in charge of immigration policy. Unfortunately most people will never get it or still think that the USTA’s power is or should be greater than the government’s.

— J Ad (@joodge64) July 25, 2022

That's the point- it's not up to the USTA- novak cannot legally enter the country. The USTA has no say at all.

— AxonRey (@Axonrey) July 25, 2022

Exactly! There are so many on this platform who are blaming the US Open/USTA, when they are just following federal immigration policy. Also, others are calling for the USO to advocate for an "exemption" for ND. If you read the actual rules, there doesn't seem to be one available

— Ellis Duncan (@gellisduncan) July 25, 2022

@usta should ask for an exemption since unvaccinated players and fans will be there

— THE JOKER(S) ???? (@SerbsInSports) July 25, 2022

They don't care. They are sure that this is about Djokovic and no one will convince them that it is not.

— Reservoir Duck ? (@DuckDaBlackSwan) July 25, 2022

Exactly. This has nothing to do with tennis and applies to all non-citizens.

— CM (@Keiki0958) July 25, 2022

The tournament clearly is not too important for Djokovic. why are so many people advocating for exemption? I

— Dankwa Quist (@DK_Quist) July 25, 2022

If people are too thick to understand the difference, why bother? It’s not a new thing. Though why the US still has this stand is weird. They’re not mitigating it at all anywhere within the country. Unvaccinated foreigners aren’t going to change anything.

— Fiona B (@Feebeekiwi) July 26, 2022

the @usta knows that there are way more important matters the US government has to worry about right now than @DjokerNole playing the US open lol.

— luu2k3 (@luu2k32) July 25, 2022

The whole Djokovic scenario stinks! I’m an American citizen and before I can come back into the USA I need to show proof I was vaccinated. And those non citizens like those clowns are expecting to be treated better then me! Keep him out and his coach!

— ???? (@npr40) July 25, 2022

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