Tsitsipas refuses to get Covid vaccine unless it's required to play on ATP Tour

World No.3 Stefanos Tsitsipas has stated that he would not be taking the Covid-19 vaccine, unless it's made mandatory in order to compete on the tennis circuit.

Although the ATP Tour encourages its players to get vaccinated, there has been no mandate and Tsitsipas is one of the players to publicly state that he is yet to get vaccinated.

"No one has told me anything," Tsitsipas said when asked if he would get the vaccine while he was competing during the US hard court series. "No one has made it a mandatory thing to be vaccinated."

However, the 23-year old has not completely ruled out the idea of getting the vaccine. He added that he would probably have to at some point in the future, but is opting not to until it becomes mandatory.

"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 haven't done it, no," revealed the French Open finalist.

World No.1 Novak Djokovic stated earlier this year that he hoped the vaccine would not become mandatory for players to compete on the tour, but opted not to reveal his own vaccination status. However, 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer revealed he had received the Pfizer vaccine, whereas World No.4 Rafael Nadal is in favor of getting the shot, stating "the only way out of this nightmare is vaccination."

Tsitsipas is currently competing at the Western & Southern Open, which runs from August 14-22 in Cincinnati.