Gilles Moretton, the president of the French Federation, said this Sunday that the body was considering the case of players not vaccinated against Covid-19 for the next Roland-Garros. But nothing will be done without the agreement of the public authorities. The Roland-Garros tournament, which will take place this year from May 22 to June 5, is working on welcoming “ unvaccinated foreign athletes “, insisted Sunday Gilles Moretton, the president of the French Federation (FFT), after the expulsion of Novak Djokovic from Australia where he was not authorized to play the first Major of the season. read also Irrationality or potential danger: two theses clashed before the Federal Court in the Djokovic case ” Our teams are working in collaboration with the public authorities, who will specify in due course the rules relating to the reception of unvaccinated foreign athletes for our tournament. “, did he declare. Roxana Maracineanu, the Minister of Sports, had mentioned on January 7 the establishment of a ” sanitary bubble allowing unvaccinated players (3% of the Top 100 men, according to the ATP) to play the Grand Slam tournament on clay. Gilles Moretton, president of the FFT “Novak is a huge champion and we can imagine his disappointment” Djokovic, defending champion of the Australian Open, Roland-Garros and Wimbledon, was expelled from Australia on Sunday, after the country’s Federal Court rejected his appeal against the cancellation of his visa on the grounds that the world No. 1, not vaccinated against Covid-19, represented a ” health risk ». « Novak is an immense champion and we can imagine his disappointment at not being able to defend his title at the Australian Open. Our thoughts are also with the tournament organizers », underlined Gilles Moretton. read also Djokovic: “I am extremely disappointed” read also All about the Djokovic affair
