Belgrade | Novak Djokovic returned home on Monday after being thwarted from defending his Australian Open title only to face a new predicament: He could be barred from the French Open, too, if he’s still not vaccinated against COVID-19.
A plane carrying the No. 1-ranked men’s player touched down in his native Serbia, closing at least the first chapter in a dizzying drama that has resonance in the world of elite sports, Australia’s pandemic politics and the polarised debate over the coronavirus shots.
