This is anything but a surprise. Novak Djokovic announced this Thursday on social networks that he would not participate in the next US Open, which begins on Monday and ends on September 11. “Alas, I could not travel to New York this time,” writes the 35-year-old Serbian winner of 21 Grand Slam tournaments.
The fate of the recent Wimbledon winner seemed written, since he always refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19. This conviction had already prevented him from playing the last Australian Open. At least he avoids this time a long soap opera like the one he experienced at the antipodes at the start of the year.
“See you soon,” he tells his fans
In his tweet, the triple winner of the New York Major, finalist last year, also thanks his many fans and assures that he remains “in good shape and with a positive state of mind”, while waiting for “the opportunity to compete again.
“See you soon,” concludes the Serb, whose absence from the official poster released Tuesday by the organization of the US Open was already a big clue.