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(ANSA-AFP) - LOS ANGELES, MAR 6 - World number one Novak
Djokovic has withdrawn from next week's ATP/WTA Indian Wells
Masters event, organisers confirmed on Sunday with the Serb
barred from entering the country. Djokovic is unable to enter
the United States because he is unvaccinated against Covid-19,
but he had petitioned US authorities for special permission to
enter. The Indian Wells ATP 1000 event begins next week in the
California desert and is followed by the prestigious tournament
in Miami which Djokovic is now expected to miss unless US
authorities have a change of heart. The United States still
doesn't allow unvaccinated international travellers to enter the
country, with the Transportation Security Administration
recently indicating the policy would not change until at least
mid-April. Djokovic's vaccination status saw him deported from
Australia shortly before the 2022 Australian Open. (ANSA-AFP).
