Novak Djokovic will play Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti on the Dubai Tennis Championships within the Serbian’s first fit since he was once deported from Australia in January over his COVID-19 vaccination standing.
Novak Djokovic to begin season in opposition to Lorenzo Musetti at Dubai Tennis Championships (Reuters Picture)
HIGHLIGHTSNovak Djokovic to begin season in opposition to Lorenzo MusettiThe males’s festival follows the WTA portion of the event The United Arab Emirates is regularly lifting COVID-related restrictions
Global Number 1 Novak Djokovic will face Italian youngster Lorenzo Musetti within the first spherical of the Dubai Responsibility-Unfastened Tennis Championships in his first fit since he was once deported from Australia in January over his COVID-19 vaccination standing. Musetti had reached the quarter finals of the Rotterdam Open remaining week, dropping out to Jiri Lehecka for a spot within the semi-finals.
Dubai event director Salah Tahlak stated the organisers had no issues concerning the global primary’s vaccination standing. “The federal government right here does now not require any person to be vaccinated to go into the rustic,” Tahlak instructed Eurosport.
The United Arab Emirates is regularly lifting COVID-related restrictions. Spectators on the tennis event shall be required to put on face mask and care for social distancing, event organisers stated on their web site. If peak seed Djokovic beats global quantity 57 Musetti, he’ll face both Russia’s Karen Khachanov or Australia’s Alex de Minaur.
The event, which additionally options top-10 avid gamers Andrey Rublev, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jannik Sinner, begins on Monday. The lads’s festival follows the WTA portion of the event, with 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko taking up Veronika Kudermetova in Saturday’s ladies’s ultimate.
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