During his expulsion in mondiovision on January 16, on the eve of the start of the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic had taken a plane connecting Melbourne to Dubai. The Serb is expected to return to the tiny emirate in a month.
In any case, he is registered in the ATP 500 tournament organized on site from February 21 to 26, like Andrey Rublev, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Gaël Monfils. The world No. 1 (34) has already won the event five times between 2009 and 2020.
Djoko’s schedule will be much reduced if he persists in refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19, a decision which should notably deprive him of Roland-Garros, the US Open and other tournaments in the United States, such as the Indian Wells and Miami Masters 1000.