Nonetheless, the inclusion does not imply that both will certainly play.
Williams returned to grand slam motion this month at Wimbledon after a year-long break — however was knocked out within the first spherical after a three-hour, 11-minute tussle with France’s Concord Tan.
However Williams, who turned 40 final September, is refusing to surrender on her pursuit of a record-equaling twenty fourth grand slam title, 5 years after she claimed her final on the Australian Open. She is at present entered in tournaments that can happen later this summer season in Toronto and Cincinnati.
In the meantime, greater than 23,000 folks have signed a web based petition on change.org calling for america Tennis Affiliation (USTA) and the US authorities to permit Djokovic to compete within the grand slam.
He later informed the BBC that he could be keen to overlook tournaments to keep up his unvaccinated standing and he has forgone taking part in in a number of tournaments all year long, together with these primarily based within the US, such because the Miami Open and Indian Wells.
He has performed in two grand slams this yr — the French Open, the place he misplaced to eventual champion Rafael Nadal within the quarterfinals, and Wimbledon, the place he received his fourth version in a row with victory over Australia’s Nick Kyrgios within the remaining.
“Per the Grand Slam Rule Guide, all eligible gamers are mechanically entered into the boys’s and girls’s singles principal draw fields primarily based on rating 42 days previous to the primary Monday of the occasion,” the USTA stated in a press release Wednesday.
“The US Open doesn’t have a vaccination mandate in place for gamers, however it is going to respect the U.S. authorities’s place concerning journey into the nation for unvaccinated non-U.S. residents,” it added.
Presently unable to enter america — and along with his participation within the Australian Open additionally doubtful attributable to legal guidelines that would ban him from coming into the nation for an extra three years — Djokovic’s subsequent look at a grand slam might be the 2023 French Open.
CNN’s Jill Martin, Issy Ronald and George Ramsay contributed reporting.
