Novak Djokovic's vaccine saga is over amid latest Australian Open decision

Novak Djokovic and all other players will have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to take part in the Australia Open next January, tournament chief Craig Tiley confirmed on Saturday. Djokovic has refused to answer whether he is vaccinated and said that he would wait until Tennis Australia revealed the health protocols before he made a decision about playing at Melbourne Park.

"There's a lot of speculation about vaccination and just to be really clear, when the (state) Premier announced that everyone on site ... will need to be vaccinated ... we made that clear to the playing group," Tiley told reporters at the tournament launch.   "(Novak) has said that he views this as a private matter for him. We would love to see Novak here, he knows that he'll have to be vaccinated to play here."

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