Novak Djokovic ‘letter sent to Joe Biden’ over US Open…..
The row over Novak Djokovic’s ban from the US Open has escalated after a Serbian group in America reportedly sent a letter to Joe Biden, calling for the world No 7 to be allowed into the country to compete. Unvaccinated travellers are currently banned from entering the United States, and with less than five weeks until the final Grand Slam of the year begins, Djokovic is still uncertain over whether he can compete.
Djokovic’s ban from the States has attracted attention in recent weeks, with several American political figures speaking out over the ban and pressuring Biden to let the three-time US Open champion into the country. And the President could now be forced to address the issue, with a lawyer-backed letter being sent to him with support from the Serbian-American Voting Alliance (SAVA), per Politika
“The US Open is the biggest tennis tournament in the world, and it won’t be what it is without Novak Djokovic,” the letter read. “Considering the economic situation and the crisis at all levels, America must not allow the US Open not to take place in its full glory and capacity, which means the arrival of Novak Djokovic, who has been crowned three times at the US Open.”
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The letter cited article 3(b) “national interest” of the presidential proclamation, which allows for some foreign nationals to be exempt from existing Covid restrictions if it is deemed in the national interest. And the letter, written with the help of one of SAVA’s lawyers Borko Komnenovic, attempts to prove Djokovic’s participation in the US Open would qualify.
