Novak Djokovic case, Daniil Medvedev does not hide

Daniil Medvedev sides with the Serbian champion.

Unless there are radical changes in the rules currently in place, Novak Djokovic, as a person not vaccinated against Covid-19, will not be allowed to play in the Us Open at Flushing Meadows scheduled to be held in New York from Aug. 29 to Sept. 11. Obviously, the Serb’s now very likely exclusion is triggering widely differing opinions not only in public opinion, but also among insiders. Tennis colleagues included. Among them, Daniil Medvedev also took the floor, speaking at a press conference in Cincinnati, the scene of the Masters 1000 Western#38;Southern Open.

“I can’t do anything about it, it’s the government that makes the rules. I don’t know if it will change anything or not. But if you ask me, if I were making the rules, I would certainly make Novak play,” the Russian began.

“I like it when there are the best players in the world in a tournament. Novak just won a Slam, and then there is the competition with Rafael Nadal which is hard-fought and super interesting. So I would like to see him in New York, but if by government rules he cannot be there, we will try to do our best and win the U.S. Open,” he concluded.