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Umdlali wethenisi ohamba phambili emhlabeni kwabesilisa uNovak Djokovic uzophuthelwa yiMiami Open ngesonto elizayo, ngemuva kokunqatshelwa ukungena e-United States ngoba akagonyelwanga i-Covid-19, kumemezele umqondisi womqhudelwano uJames Blake ngoLwesihlanu.
Izwe laseMelika lisadinga ukuthi izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe zigonyelwe i-Covid-19, kanti lo waseSerbia, owake waqinisekisa ukuthi akagonyiwe, wayefake isicelo semvume ekhethekile yokungena ezweni ngaphambi komqhudelwano.
“Sizamile ukuthi uNovak Djokovic avunyelwe ukuthi akhululwe, kodwa akwenzekanga,” kusho uBlake engxoxweni abe nayo neTennis Channel.
“Kusobala ukuthi singeminye yemiqhudelwano ephambili emhlabeni, singathanda ukuba nabadlali abasezingeni eliphezulu abangadlala. Senze konke ebesingakwenza. Sizamile ukukhuluma nohulumeni, kodwa lokho akusekho ezandleni zethu.”
UMbusi waseFlorida uRon DeSantis kusho ekuqaleni kwale nyanga “wayezogijima isikebhe esivela e-Bahamas” ukuze u-Djokovic angenele umqhudelwano wethenisi we-Miami Open.
UDeSantis ucele uMongameli waseMelika uJoe Biden ukuthi ayeke imfuneko yokugoma kwabahambi bamazwe aphesheya ukuze umpetha we-grand slam oseneminyaka engu-22 akwazi ukuncintisana.
U-Djokovic oneminyaka engu-35 ubudala usephuthelwe eminye imiqhudelwano eminingi ngenxa yesimo sakhe sokugoma. Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, u-Djokovic uhoxile ku-BNP Paribas Open eqhubekayo e-Indian Wells eCalifornia ngenxa yokunqatshelwa ukukhululwa. Ngonyaka odlule, waphuthelwa yi-Indian Wells, i-Miami Open kanye nayo yonke imiqhudelwano efakwe ku-US Open swing.
Umdlalo oyinhloko wokutomula weMiami Open uqala ngoMashi 22 kanti umqhudelwano uphela zingama-2 kuMbasa.
