Stefanos Tsitsipas has surprised the tennis world, stating he would only get the Covid-19 vaccine if it was made mandatory for all professional tennis players to do so.
While the ATP tour has encouraged players to get vaccinated, the world No. 3 is clearly still reluctant to do so.
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Tsitsipas revealed he hasn’t even received his first dose of a vaccine yet and is waiting for it to be mandated for all players on tour.
“No one has told me anything. No one has made it a mandatory thing to be vaccinated,” he told reporters when asked if he would attempt to get vaccinated while competing in America ahead of the US Open.
“At some point I will have to, I’m pretty sure about it, but so far it hasn’t been mandatory to compete, so I…
