“I’m Currently Against Compulsory Travel Vaccination” – Novak Djokovic

After becoming a professional tennis player, the player keeps traveling from countries to countries and continents to continents to swing his/her tennis racquets. But, now the concept of traveling has resulted in the widespread of coronavirus and consequently leading to a pandemic. On Sunday World Number one Novak Djokovic was in conservation with his fellow tennis players from Serbia and discussed traveling issues which would raise from now on. 

Tennis professionals Victor Troicki, Dusan Lajovic, Janko Tipsarevic, Filip Krajinovic, etc… were part of the discussion. They talked about travel vaccines. That might become mandatory after the settlement of coronavirus pandemic.

Unexpectedly, Serbian legend Djokovic seems to be against the practice, and at present, he’s not ready to accept it.

“I’m not for compulsory travel vaccination. If that rule is enforced I’d have to decide whether to accept it or not. I’m currently against it, we’ll see if this will change. Currently, this does directly affect my work,” Novak Djokovic said during his call with the Serbian squad.

“There is a financial crisis” – Novak Djokovic 

Presently 17-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic is also working to generate payments for the lower-ranked  ATP men. Especially for the players do not have the leverage of sponsorships. And during the unexpected suspension of the tour, those players are experiencing unemployment and struggling to pay their bills.

“I feel we have to send a message to the younger generation that is taking into consideration to be professional players. To show them that they can live out of tennis. Even in the times when there is a pandemic and there is a financial crisis,” Djokovic said while speaking to Stan Wawrinka on Saturday.

To pay the lower-ranked players during these unprecedented times, the top players will contribute their amount to the Player Relief Fund. That would later remunerate the players without any financial support.

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