Tennis-Legal issues with WTA Tour vaccine mandate, says Azarenka


Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 17, 2022 Belarus' Victoria Azarenka during her first round match against Hungary's Panna Udvardy REUTERS/James Gourley

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - There are legal issues with the WTA imposing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on everyone competing on the women's professional circuit, former world number one and tour players' council member Victoria Azarenka said on Wednesday.

Mandates have been proposed in some quarters after the issue of vaccinations dominated the tennis headlines for a week before Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia on Sunday evening.

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