Novak Djokovic had “zero regrets” about missing the US Open as a result of his decision to skip getting a COVID vaccination last year.
Djokovic, who has won 23 Grand Slam tournaments overall, skipped the 2021 and 2022 Grand Slam tournaments in New York City because he refused to get vaccinated. He has stated that he would prefer to skip vaccination over competing in certain nations’ tournaments.
Prior to competing in the Western & Southern Open this week, where he’ll play before heading to Queens, New York for the US Open later this month.
Djokovic defended his choice to skip vaccinations and ultimately miss the Grand Slam competitions in New York when speaking with the media.
He stated during a conversation: “The reason why I was not here for two years, I have zero regrets on that. I’m just glad to be back.”
Considering his career-long success in the United States, Djokovic expressed excitement about returning to the US Open tournament.
Djokovic in Cincinnati, ranking, and results in 2023
WLWLWWWLWL At the moment ranked no.2, Novak has managed to achieve a 35-5 match record in 2023. Novak is now competing in Cincinnati where he ousted the world no.23 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4 ret. and the world no.211 Gael Monfils 6-3 6-2.
Novak Djokovic will square off with the world no.9 Taylor Fritz in the quarter. Their head to head is 6-0 for Djokovic.
Djokovic clinched 3 titles in 2023 in Adelaide, Australian Open and French Open. The Serbian reached the final in Wimbledon.
Novak won 94 titles in his career: 50 on hard courts, 19 on clay courts, 17 on indoor courts and 8 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Shanghai (Shanghai Rolex Masters) on the 2nd of October and Paris (Rolex Paris Masters) on the 30th of October.
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