Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka threw her support on Wednesday behind a vaccine mandate on the women’s tour, as tennis wrestles with the fall-out of the saga surrounding unvaccinated Novak Djokovic. 

Azarenka is a long-time member of the powerful WTA Players’ Council, which is working through the challenges posed by Covid-19.  Those were laid bare by the chaos and confusion that engulfed vaccine-skeptic Djokovic, who was deported on the eve of the Australian Open.