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I’m motivated to compete again for big titles: Novak Djokovic

Updated on: 12 April,2022 07:34 AM IST  |  Monaco
AP , PTI |

“I miss competition,” the Serbian tennis star said on Sunday on the opening day of the clay-court season at the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco

I’m motivated to compete again for big titles: Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic is ready to move on from the controversy surrounding his refusal to get vaccinated against Covid-19.


“I miss competition,” the Serbian tennis star said on Sunday on the opening day of the clay-court season at the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco. “I still feel motivation to be on the tour and compete and try to challenge the best players in the world for the biggest titles.”


The 20-time Grand Slam champion has played only one tournament so far in 2022, losing to Jiri Vesely in the quarter-finals of the Dubai Championships. Djokovic could not defend his Australian Open title in January after he was deported from the country for not being inoculated. 


More recently, he had to skip tournaments in Indian Wells, California, and Miami because he couldn’t travel to the United States for the same reason. He has declared that he would not get the vaccine in order to be able to compete.

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