After Hours

Just hours after triumphing at Wimbledon, Novak Đoković confirmed to the press his determination not to comply with the COVID-19 vaccination requirements to enter the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. “I’m not vaccinated and I’m not planning to get vaccinated so the only good news I can have is them removing the mandated green vaccine card or whatever you call it to enter United States or exemption”, Đoković told ESPN on Sunday. In the aftermath of Đoković’s triumph on the Centre Court, the intransigency of the “vaccinators” sounds rather grotesque than dogmatic, as the Serbian star is the only one unvaccinated among the top 100 players but also one of the greatest players of all time. Thus, the legendary John McEnroe made an appeal to politicians for a rethinking of their approach: “These politicians are getting in the way too much”, he said. “They did it in Australia. Let’s let the guy come in and play in the U.S. I mean, come on. This is ridiculous”.