World No.1 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the ATP Cup, but whether he'll vie successful January's Australian Open remains a mystery.
Djokovic's withdrawal from the men's teams lawsuit successful Sydney comes amid an anti-vaccination stand-off, with the Serbian superstar refusing to uncover his presumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tennis Australia and the Victorian authorities are unmoving successful their stance that each subordinate who competes successful the Australian Open indispensable beryllium treble vaccinated.
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Djokovic has stated connected aggregate occasions that his vaccination presumption is simply a "personal" matter.
Earlier this month, Djokovic's begetter gave the astir telling hint yet that the 20-time singles large champion hadn't been vaccinated.
"They person to determine whether they volition fto Novak in," Srdjan Djokovic said connected Serbian TV.
"If they determine (not to fto him in) they person to basal down their decision.
"He has won the Australian Open 9 times, helium present wants to play, but they person to licence him to play.
"Novak volition bash what helium thinks is the champion for him; cipher volition enforce an sentiment connected him."
Australian tennis large Todd Woodbridge slammed whispers earlier this month of Tennis Australia attempting to find a loophole to get Djokovic in.
"There has been immoderate radical saying Tennis Australia is looking for loopholes to get him in," Woodbridge told Nine's TODAY.
"That's implicit rubbish, that cannot happen, it's the authorities that makes those rules and they'll stipulate whether helium tin get successful oregon not."
Djokovic is adjacent with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal connected a grounds 20 singles expansive slam wins.
Tennis Australia said successful a connection that the top-ranked Serbian squad would beryllium led by satellite No.33 Dusan Lajovic.
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