Jelena Djokovic Slams Tennis Magazine for Criticizing Her Husband Novak Djokovic Amidst His US Open Controversy

Novak Djokovic has seen it all, hasn’t he? From his Australian Open controversy to winning the Wimbledon Championships, it has been a season of massive ups and downs for the 21-time Grand Slam champion. While he failed to defend his Australian Open and the French Open titles, he came back strongly to defend his Wimbledon crown.

However, things have taken a turn for the worse ever since his victory at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament. Owing to his vaccination status, the Serb runs the risk of missing many big tournaments in the hard-court season. In the wake of this controversy, a tennis magazine criticized him, which led to a sharp reaction from his wife, Jelena Djokovic.

Novak Djokovic’s wife takes a sarcastic jibe at a tennis magazine

Recently, Racquet Magazine tweeted, “Dunno why this guy keeps entering tournaments hoping they’ll change their rules for him.” However, the statement didn’t go down well with Djokovic’s wife, Jelena Djokovic. She replied to the statement, saying, “Is this a real, international tennis magazine?! @atptour Wow.”

The 21-time Grand Slam champion has admitted that he’ll wait for an exemption to participate in the US Open. However, he won’t be changing his vaccination stance to play in the tournaments.

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Further, Djokovic, who lost to Daniil Medvedev in the final of the 2021 US Open, has to defend 1200 ranking points at this year’s tournament. If he does miss out on playing in New York, he’ll face a major blow to his ATP rankings.

Novak Djokovic officially withdraws from the Canadian Open

Earlier this week, the former World Number 1 pulled out of the National Bank Open in Montreal after failing to receive an entry into Canada owing to his vaccination status. The tournament is an ATP 1000 event that will commence next week.

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Apart from Djokovic, Rafael Nadal has also pulled out of the tournament. Nonetheless, the tournament has some exciting young talent in the form of Carlos Alcaraz and Felix Auger-Aliassime.