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‘IT’S A JOKE!’ JOHN MCENROE SLAMS COVID RULES THAT WILL BLOCK NOVAK DJOKOVIC
FROM PLAYING AT US OPEN

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Metro Sport ReporterWednesday 24 Aug 2022 11:48 am
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Novak Djokovic is unlikely to be granted permission to compete at the US Open
unless he is given a medical exemption (Picture: Getty)

John McEnroe has branded the Covid legislation that will prevent Novak Djokovic
from competing at the upcoming US Open as ‘a joke’.

Djokovic was eventually deported from Australia at the start of the year
following a row over his vaccination status that saw him forced to stay in a
detention centre before he was sent packing on the eve of the tournament.

The 21-time Grand Slam champion will avoid that ignominy in New York but will
require a medical exemption if he is to be able to capture the title he narrowly
missed out on 12 months ago.

For now, at least, the tantilising prospect of Djokovic playing remains open as
he still features on the entry list and McEnroe feels it would be unfair were
the Serb to be denied the chance to play.



He said: ‘I don’t think it’s fair. I think it’s a joke.




‘I would have had the vaccine and gone and played but he’s got very strong
beliefs and you have to respect that.

‘At this point, in the pandemic, we’re two-and-a-half years in, I think people
in all parts of the world know about it, and the idea that he can’t travel here
to play, to me, is a joke.’


Novak Djokovic was beaten by Daniil Medvedev in last year’s US Open final
(Picture: Getty)

Djokovic said last month on the matter: ‘It’s not the end of the world. I feel
young in my own skin and like I have many more years to come so there will be a
lot of opportunities.’

Meanwhile, British number four Jack Draper has beaten veteran Italian Fabio
Fognini at the ATP Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina to set up a last-16
encounter against Dominic Thiem.

Draper was looking to maintain momentum from his fine run in Montreal, where he
entered as a qualifier and went on to upset Stefanos Tsitsipas as well as Gael
Monfils in reaching the quarter-finals – a run which saw him rise to a
career-high ranking of 55.


Kyle Edmund fell 6-4 7-6 (5) to French 10th seed Benjamin Bonzi in Washington
(Picture: Getty)

On Tuesday the pair exchanged breaks in the opening set before the 20-year-old,
seeded 13 and handed a first-round bye, stepped up his return game to snatch a
second break and take the set.

Fognini lifted his return game to take the following set but then seemed to run
out of energy in the decider, with Draper outlasting his opponent to book a spot
against 2020 US Open champion Thiem.


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Earlier, Kyle Edmund fell 6-4 7-6 (5) to French 10th seed Benjamin Bonzi.




Edmund, who beat Greek Michail Pervolarakis in the first round, was broken twice
in the opening set as Bonzi opened up a 5-3 lead before closing it out on his
next service game.

The 26-year-old Frenchman then proceeded to claim the second set and snap a run
of four straight three-set losses.

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