"Dubai Tennis" receives Djokovic and his family .. the first seed participates in the 30th edition

The director of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Salah Tahlak, revealed that the world's number one and five-time holder of the Dubai Tennis Championships, Serbian Novak Djokovic, will come to Dubai with his family, to participate in the 30th edition of the tournament, which begins next month on the "Dubai Duty Free" courts. In the Garhoud area.

Tahlak told "Emirates Today": "The (Dubai Duty Free) men's tennis championship welcomes the world's number one, Djokovic, and his family," noting that "Djokovic's presence does not conflict with the precautionary measures applied in the country that allow entry to the unvaccinated, provided that the arrivals are shown A negative smear, and Djokovic will be required, like all participants in (Dubai Tennis), to adhere to the health protocol, which includes, in part, carrying out swabs to detect the Corona virus every 48 hours.

Tahlak explained that: "The approval of Djokovic's participation and the presence of his family members has already been made by the Dubai Sports Council."

He added, "Djokovic is competing for the title of the 30th edition, along with a group of young and old, consisting of eight of the twenty best players in the world, including the holder of the "Tennis B" title last year, Aslan Kartsev, Andrei Rublev, who reached the semi-finals previously, and Denis Shapovalov. and former Spanish champion Roberto Bautista Agut.

Djokovic's participation in the Dubai Championship will be his first since his deportation from Australia before the start of the Australian Open competitions, due to the issue related to the success of the anti-Coronavirus vaccine and the medical exemption he provided.

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