It is probably not in Melbourne that Novak Djokovic will settle alone at the top of the tennis world, where he sits alongside Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal (20 Majors each).

The world number 1 will "probably not" participate in the Australian Open "under the conditions" announced for compulsory vaccination, his father told Serbian channel Prva TV on Sunday.

Nine times titled on the island-continent, the last time in February, “Djoko” refuses to say whether or not he has been vaccinated against Covid-19. But Craig Tiley, the boss of the first Grand Slam tournament of the year to be held January 17-30, had said a week earlier that the Serb should "be vaccinated to play".

“Of course he would want to go with all his heart.

Because he is a sportsman and because there are many of our compatriots there, the diaspora, who would be delighted to see Novak, ”said Srdjan Djokovic for his part.

“But I really don't know if that will happen.

Probably not under these conditions, with this blackmail and when it is done this way, ”he continued.

"I wouldn't do it like that, and he's my son, so you can draw conclusions" as to whether or not he will participate in the tournament.

His father says he does not know if Novak Djokovic is vaccinated

Srdjan Djokovic also defended his son's "exclusive and personal right" to be vaccinated or not, and claimed that even he did not know if "Nole" was vaccinated against Covid-19.

He also criticized the conditions of a possible participation in the tournament by going through quarantine in a hotel room for two weeks.

"Excellent idea, I congratulate them, but let them play themselves then," he quipped about the organizers.

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