Daniil Medvedev Coy About Playing In Australian Open

US Open champion Daniil Medvedev says he is willing to play in the Australian Open but would not commit himself to doing so with only players vaccinated against Covid being allowed to compete.

US Open champion Daniil Medvedev says he is willing to play in the Australian Open but would not commit himself to doing so with only players vaccinated against Covid being allowed to compete. The 25-year-old Russian said he agrees with world number one Novak Djokovic and that medical records should be confidential and private. It looks all but certain that only those players who have been vaccinated will be allowed to compete in the first Grand Slam of the season which gets underway in Melbourne on January 17.

Despite a leaked email from the WTA last week suggesting unvaccinated players could quarantine for 14 days, the Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews ruled that out saying no exemptions would be made.

Nine-time Australian Open champion Djokovic is one of many players who have refused to share their vaccination status, casting doubt over whether he will defend his title.

Medvedev did not elaborate on his own status but says he is keen to add back-to-back Slam titles.

"Look I want to play there," he told a press conference ahead of the Paris Masters, where he is the defending champion, via Zoom on Sunday.