Mark Petchey reacts to Novak Djokovic willing to skip tournaments over vaccine – Tennis World USA

Mark Petchey says now that everyone knows the clear position of Novak Djokovic and tournaments it's time to switch focus to other more important things. On Tuesday, the BBC released an interview they conducted with Djokovic.

In his interview with the BBC, Djokovic confirmed that he is still unvaccinated and said that he is ready to skip tournaments over the vaccine. Djokovic has made it clear he doesn't plan to take the vaccine just for the sake of being allowed to compete in all events.

"@DjokerNole has made his views very clear. The rules of each country are now very clear on what you need to be to compete. Nothing else to say. So lets now perhaps focus on WW3 not happening because none of us need worry about Covid anymore if that starts," Petchey wrote on Twitter.

"I was never against vaccination, but I've always supported the freedom to choose what you put in your body," Djokovic told the BBC.

Djokovic says his health and well-being is more important than the all-time Grand Slam record. "Because the principles of decision making on my body are more important than any title or anything else. I'm trying to be in tune with my body as much as I possibly can," Djokovic explained.

Djokovic insists he is not against vaccination but he just wants to have the freedom of choice. "I was never against vaccination. I understand that globally, everyone is trying to put a big effort into handling this virus and seeing, hopefully, an end soon to this virus," Djokovic insisted.

Also, Djokovic recalled being detained and interrogated by the Australian Border Force. "It was very, very hard. While I was still at the airport, I couldn't use my phone for three, four hours. I was lost, really, I didn't know what was happening," Djokovic admitted.

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