The tennis star previously indicated that he may not participate in the Australian Open owing to the host nation’s vaccine mandate for incoming athletes.
as part of Serbia’s five-man team when the draw for the tournament was made in Sydney on Tuesday.
The sixteen team event will take place in Sydney in early January, weeks before the year’s first Grand Slam event, the Australian Open in Melbourne. Participants of the ATP cup include 18 of the world’s top 20 players with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal being the two notable absentees. Despite being named in the Serbian team it is still unclear if Djokovic has disclosed his vaccination status to authorities—which is a requirement for all incoming travelers into Australia.Djokovic’s participation in the tennis calendar’s first major event of 2022 has been in question ever since hein October that he was unsure about traveling to Melbourne early next year to defend his Australian Open title.
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