“There’s been a lot of speculation around Novak’s position. He has noted, and said publicly, that this is a private matter for him. But we would love to see Novak here. He knows he has to be vaccinated in order to play. He’s won the Australian Open nine times, I think he’d love to make it a double-digit to win 10 times. He’s also on 20 Grand Slam titles,” Mr Tiley said.
“We would love to see Novak here. He knows he has to be vaccinated in order to play.”
Craig Tiley
Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were also sitting on 20 Grand Slams, Mr Tiley noted, and Djokovic would likely be chasing “that elusive 21”.
“He has indicated it’s a private decision for him and at the right time, he will tell us. I know that he wants to play, he’s clearly indicated that, and he knows the conditions that you’d have to undergo in order to be eligible to play.”
Mr Tiley, who said nobody had ruled themselves out because of the vaccine mandate, expected to have a good indication in coming weeks.
“I don’t expect there to be many — probably very, very few, if any — that wouldn’t be fully vaccinated.”
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Tennis Australia expects ‘very few, if any’ players to boycott Australian Open
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