BREAKING: Novak Djokovic Is All Set to Defend His Crown as Wimbledon Championships Lifts a Major Sanction

Published 04/26/2022, 7:36 AM EDT

Wimbledon has been on the news for the last week or so regarding the controversy surrounding the ban on Russian and Belarusian players. Now, they have also made a major announcement that would make many players on the tour pretty happy, particularly Novak Djokovic. According to reports, Wimbledon is all set to lift the vaccine mandate this year.

Novak Djokovic is all set to play at Wimbledon

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Earlier, there were already a few speculations regarding lifting the restrictions. Now, they have made the announcement that no vaccination will be necessary for players to play at this year’s Wimbledon. This news will make the current world no.1 Novak Djokovic and his camp massively happy as he was pretty uncertain about participating in this year’s Championships.

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Wimbledon confirm that covid vaccination will not be needed by players to compete this year. There will be no covid restrictions this year.
— Mike Dickson (@Mike_Dickson_DM) April 26, 2022

Now, Novak is all set to play both the French Open and the Wimbledon. Earlier, it looked pretty impossible for the Serb to play the Grand Slam tournaments after the Australian Open snub. However, after the French government changed the rule regarding vaccination, it was certain that Wimbledon will also do the same. Now, it’s up to Djokovic to use this opportunity to add more major titles to his name.

Djokovic had a terrible season so far

Even though Djokovic received the good news about participating in Wimbledon, his current form will worry him a little bit. After leaving the Australian Open, he only played three tournaments this year and those are the Dubai Open, Monte Carlo Masters, and the Serbian Open.

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The Serb’s performance was pretty dreadful in the first two tournaments. However, he bounced back at the Serbian Open by reaching the finals.

Although he lost the final against Andrey Rublev, he looked content with his performance. In his mind, he is progressing slowly to achieve full fitness for the Grand Slams. Meanwhile, Djokovic is all set to take part in Madrid and Rome before the French Open. Safe to say, these two tournaments will be crucial for him to get some information about his current form before Roland Garros starts in May.

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If he gets his form back, it will be hard for anyone to stop him from winning the next two Grand Slam tournaments.

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Debkinkar Maity is a Tennis Author at EssentiallySports. His desire to become a sports journalist inspired him to take up a degree in journalism and mass communication, and he hasn't looked back ever since. Following the sport for over a decade now, Debkinkar has an ardent love for Roger Federer.

BREAKING: Novak Djokovic Is All Set to Defend His Crown as Wimbledon Championships Lifts a Major Sanction

Novak Djokovic is all set to play at Wimbledon

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Djokovic had a terrible season so far