Martínez-Almeida opens the door to the Mutua Madrid Open for Novak Djokovic: “It would be a great claim”

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Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida has opened the door to Novak Djokovic to come to Mutua Madrid Open. The mayor of the capital Spain has made it clear that their entry into the country will depend on the government, but, with his status as number one in the tennis world, he has indicated that it would be a “great claim” for the tournament that he can finally attend. The Serbian, expelled from Australia for not being vaccinated, has also received this Monday the change of criteria in France to be able to go to Roland Garros.

“It should not be ignored that Djokovic is still number one in the world and together with the rest of the great figures who come to the Mutua Madrid Open, he is a great claim to guarantee that the tournament is successful with the public that it usually has. In relation to his entry to Spain, it will be the Government that has to determine it. In relation to what his tennis virtues are, nobody doubts that he is number one and if he could come it will be a great claim,” snapped the mayor of Madrid.

The also national spokesman for the PP leaves it up to the Government “to say at the time if it meets the entry criteria”, but has recalled how important it is for the most important tournament held in Spain that, “despite what happened in Australia and in France”, the number one in the world participates. In the posters of the tournament that announce the dates on which it is played and that are throughout the capital, the Serb can be seen as the main image.

Novak Djokovic, upon his arrival in Serbia from Australia.

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The tennis player is still not sure what his new calendar will be after not being able to play the Australian Open. He knows that without a vaccine he will not be able to play in the United States or in France another two Grand Slams and that to do it in Wimbledon, will have to overcome a confinement of several days. Djokovic He arrived in Serbia this Monday and will take several days to rethink his future. Taking into account his messages and those of his relatives, he does not plan to change his mind regarding vaccination.

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Elizabeth Rodriguez has supported the decision of the Australian authorities to expel the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic from Australia for not being vaccinated and has stated that “they have done what they should: defeat denialism”. In addition, against the mandatory vaccination that has been imposed in some countries such as Austria, the spokeswoman has reiterated that Spain has responded “like no other country” to vaccines, with 90% of the population inoculated, so ” is not comparable with management in other countries”.

In an interview in The sixth, the minister has contrasted the values ​​that she prints Reef Nadal to Djokovic’s position that “he does not have them” and has said that with the expulsion of the Serbian tennis player the administrations have overcome “vaccine denialism to value solidarity”. “Sports are also values”, has affected every time that the Serbian has already landed in Belgrade after losing a legal battle for not being vaccinated.

[Más información: Djokovic vuelve a casa: Belgrado recibe al tenista con un baño de masas tras su expulsión de Australia]

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