Novak Djokovic, one of the world’s most prominent sports stars to hold out against getting a coronavirus vaccination, was included in the field for this week’s Indian Wells tennis tournament in Southern California, but said Wednesday that he can’t enter the United States and won’t participate.
Djokovic was deported from Australia in January after immigration officials there ruled that he was a danger to society because they said he could energize the country’s anti-vaccination movement. He was thus unable to defend his Australian Open title, which he has won a record nine times.
Djokovic has expressed reluctance to be vaccinated against coronavirus, saying that he was not convinced by the science.