The French Open will see the return of the defending champion Novak Djokovic as France has made a vital announcement in terms of the vaccine mandates.
The French government will drop the vaccine mandate that requires any visiting people to be fully vaccinated on the 14th of March. This means that, unlike what happened in Australia earlier this year, Djokovic will be allowed to play even though unvaccinated in this summer’s French Open.
In Australia, the Serbian was given an exception by the Australian Open committee but then it was announced that Djokovic could not enter Australia and was kept isolated. What followed was an extensive court battle which eventually saw Djokovic pack up his bags and go back to Serbia.
The then World no. 1 played his first match of the year in Dubai where he lost in the third round in a shocker and even dropped from the World no. 1 spot as Daniil Medvedev climbed up and ended the 18 year dominance of the Big Three and short cameos from Andy Murray.
This means that Djokovic will now be in the same tournament as the 21 time grand slam winner Rafael Nadal and current world no. 1 Daniil Medvedev.