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Ron DeSantis is determined to get unvaccinated Novak Djokovic to play in the Miami Open - even if it means getting him in on a boat.
The Florida Governor says he is still trying to skirt 'ancient' vaccine mandates for foreign visitors after writing President Biden a letter urging him to let the tennis star into the United States.
The world No 1's wish for an exemption for next week's tournament is fading, with Djokovic standing firm on his decision not to get the vaccine because he didn't consider himself a high risk.
He has already withdrawn from the Indian Wells Open in California after being denied entry to the U.S.
'Almost no other country in the world is doing this', DeSantis said criticizing the continued ban on travelers who haven't had a COVID shot.
DeSantis admitted it ultimately wasn't his choice if the World Number One would be allowed to compete, and joked that he may need a boat from the Bahamas to south Florida.
Ron DeSantis is determined to get unvaccinated Novak Djokovic to play in the Miami Open - even if it means getting him in on a boat
Novak Djokovic (pictured) is set to pull out of the Indian Wells Open tournament next week
He also said Djokovic decided against getting the shot because he was only at a 'minor risk', and now has 'natural immunity' because he was infected.
'It just shows you how ridiculous some of this nonsense is that we've been going through,' he added.
Touting his COVID response in Florida, he said: 'We stood up against the madness. We made the state of refuge of sanity and the citadel of freedom. We didn't let the state descend into some type of Fauci-an dystopia.
DeSantis' letter sent on Monday, obtained by DailyMail.com, came the same day he delivered his State of the State address and increases his national activity as he inches closer to a presidential announcement.
'The denial is unfair, unscientific and unacceptable,' DeSantis wrote in his letter. 'I urge you to reconsider.'
There are only five days until the opening Masters competition this season and the 35-year-old has not yet received a response from the US government about his application.
He said: 'Whatever the decision is, if I'm not allowed, I'm going to pull out, of course, before
