Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open table

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, who was not allowed to participate in the last Australian Open due to the restriction of the vaccine against the new type of coronavirus (Kovid-19), will participate in the main draws of the tournament to be held from 16 to 29. January 2023.

According to the information on the organization’s website, the tennis players who will participate in the main draws of the first Grand Slam tournament of the season have been determined. In the men’s singles, Spain’s world number 1 Carlos Alcaraz, as well as his compatriot Rafael Nadal, who has 22 Grand Slam victories, and Novak Djokovic, who was rudely expelled from Australia before last year’s tournament, were included. in the raffle. .

Djokovic, who is the most successful tennis player in the history of the tournament with 9 championships, has not been able to do so despite announcing that he will participate in the last organization of the Australian Open with a medical exemption decision. The medical waiver of the Serbian tennis player, who was sent from the airport to the hotel where the refugees are staying, was not accepted and his visa was canceled and he was not allowed to enter the country.

Russian tennis players will compete as neutral athletes

Meanwhile, tennis favorites such as top seed Iga Swiatek from Poland and world No. 2 seed Tunisian Ons Jabeur will also participate in the women’s singles tournament.

Russian and Belarusian tennis players, including Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Aryna Sabalenka and Daria Kasatkina, will compete for the title of neutral athletes as in previous tournaments. (AA)