Djokovic won’t be without tennis for long! How is he going to get on without vaccinations?

The scandal surrounding Novak Djokovic and his (non-)participation in the Australian Open caused a huge uproar not only in the sports world. But if the Serbian tennis player doesn’t get inoculated, he may very well miss other Grand Slams. When will he return to the courts?

If you didn’t catch the Djokovic case at the Australian Open, let’s just recap it quickly. Australia does not allow anyone into their country without vaccinations, which the Serbian tennis player does not have. He wanted to start on the exception of having contracted the coronavirus in December, only to be spotted in public among people breaking quarantine two days after allegedly contracting the disease.

So Australia decided to cancel Djokovic’s visa and deport him from the country. The Serbian tennis player will not be able to defend the Australian Open and it is also possible that he will lose his world number one position. If the ranking number two Daniil Medvedev, who is already in the semi-finals, dominates the tournament, he will dethrone Djokovic.

And that may not be all, other disasters are in store for Djokovic down the road. If he doesn’t change his beliefs about not vaccinating, he probably won’t even be able to compete at the French Open. France only allows vaccinated people to enter the country and the sports ministry has announced in advance that it will not make any exceptions to the rules.

And Djokovic may well have a problem at Wimbledon, where the rules are still uncertain. So when will he return to the court? Very soon.

He plans to compete at the ATP 500 in Dubai in less than a month. No coronavirus vaccination is required to start, participants only need to prove themselves with a negative PCR test.

Andrey Rublev, Félix Auger-Aliassime, Jannik Sinner and Denis Shapovalov are also expected to compete in the United Arab Emirates.

Djokovic can go to smaller tournaments where vaccinations are not required, but for a tennis player of his size these tournaments are definitely not enough. For every player, the showcase is the grand slams, which do not look rosy for the Serbian tennis player.

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