{"id":1824796,"date":"2023-01-26T11:20:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T16:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1824796"},"modified":"2023-01-26T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T16:22:19","slug":"tennis-star-says-novak-djokovic-should-be-allowed-to-play-in-u-s-despite-vaxx-restriction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennis-star-says-novak-djokovic-should-be-allowed-to-play-in-u-s-despite-vaxx-restriction\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Star Says Novak Djokovic Should Be Allowed To Play in U.S. Despite Vaxx Restriction"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennis-star-says-novak-djokovic-should-be-allowed-to-play-in-u-s-despite-vaxx-restriction%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1824796&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Novak Djokovic, the greatest tennis player in the world, is Novak Djokovic. Novak will be unable to attend two US tennis events due to the COVID travel restrictions. He is not vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>A former tennis player and a tennis official called the situation &#8220;abysmal.&#8221; \u201cdisgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-novak-set-to-miss-united-states-tournaments\">Novak to Miss United States Tournaments<\/h3>\n<p>Ex-tennis player Tommy Haas is speaking against the U.S.\u2019 travel ban on unvaccinated visitors as the Indian Wells tournament draws closer.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic is forecasted to miss both the Indian Wells tournament and Miami Open in March because of the CDC\u2019s recommendation to close travel for the unvaccinated (disregarding any urgency with the pouring in of visitors along the southern border).<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241937979.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-367180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241937979.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241937979-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241937979-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241937979-561x374-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1241937979-265x177.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241937979-531x354-1.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241937979-364x243-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241937979-728x486-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241937979-608x406-1.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241937979-758x506-1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1241937979-72x48.jpg 72w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1241937979-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241937979-600x400-1.jpg 600w\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption> (Photo by Simon Stacpoole\/Offside\/Offside via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Haas hopes that Djokovic will be able participate in the March events, with the travel ban set to lift in April. Djokovic was detained by the Australian government last year for not being vaccinated and was therefore unable to participate in the Open.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters, Haas stated, \u201cIf Djokovic stays healthy, I don\u2019t see how he\u2019s not going to be number one \u2026 Obviously, the one problem being that he still cannot come to the U.S. If he doesn\u2019t play Indian Wells and Miami in March (it will be tough), they\u2019re supposed to lift those mandates by mid-April.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Djokovic Is Back To Form<\/h3>\n<p>After a tumultuous year in 2022, where Novak was banned from the Australian Open but went on to win Wimbledon, Djokovic is proving early in 2023 that he\u2019s ready to get back to tennis without any further distractions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1409722936.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1409722936.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1409722936-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1409722936-768x497-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1409722936-561x363-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1409722936-265x172.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1409722936-531x344-1.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1409722936-364x236-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1409722936-728x471-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1409722936-608x394-1.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1409722936-758x491-1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1409722936-74x48.jpg 74w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1409722936-148x96.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1409722936-600x388-1.jpg 600w\" \/><figcaption> (Photo by Simon Bruty\/Anychance\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Novak is defeated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/novak-djokovic-dominates-alex-de-minaur-aussie-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aussie Alex de Minaur in straight sets<\/a> (6-2, 6-1, 6-2) at the Australian Open and is moving to the quarterfinals to take on Russia\u2019s Andrey Rublev.<\/p>\n<p>Haas further added \u201cIt would be nice to see if we could maybe lift those a little earlier and have him come to play Indian Wells and Miami. I think he wants to play, so we should give him the chance. Hopefully, we can have him there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Can the United States act in accordance with the facts and remove the travel restrictions on unvaccinated travellers in time to allow Djokovic to take part in U.S. events <\/p>\n<p>Based on this country\u2019s track record with abiding by the CDC\u2019s recommendations over any common-sense direction with handling the virus, it\u2019s safe to say \u201cNo-vaxx\u201d You will have to wait until after April for his long-awaited return.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic took part in the U.S. Open 2021 but was forced to withdraw from the 2022 event by the vaccine restriction.<\/p>\n<p>Clay Travis, founder of OutKick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/clay-travis-novak-djokovic-should-be-allowed-to-play-in-u-s-open\/\">previously appeared on <em>America\u2019s Newsroom<\/em><\/a> Discuss the absurd restrictions that prevented Djokovic&#8217;s participation in American tennis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no reason why Novak Djokovic shouldn\u2019t be playing\u2026 it is a signifier of getting back to normalcy,\u201d Clay said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-13281803482.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-293084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-13281803482.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-13281803482-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-13281803482-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-13281803482-561x374-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-13281803482-364x243-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-13281803482-728x486-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-13281803482-608x406-1.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-13281803482-758x506-1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-13281803482-72x48.jpg 72w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-13281803482-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-13281803482-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Karwai Tan\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic, the greatest tennis player in the world, is Novak Djokovic. Novak will be unable to attend two US tennis events due to the COVID travel restrictions. He is not vaccinated. A former tennis player and a tennis official called the situation &#8220;abysmal.&#8221; \u201cdisgrace.\u201d Novak to Miss United States Tournaments Ex-tennis player Tommy Haas &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1824799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[4130,12345,12344,4599,4128,5229,9609,7238,12215],"class_list":["post-1824796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-allowed","tag-djokovic","tag-novak","tag-play","tag-restriction","tag-star","tag-tennis","tag-u-s","tag-vaxx"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1824796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1824799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1824796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1824796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1824796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}