Novak Djokovic’s Australian soap opera continues. As the Grand Slam moves into its second week, the absence of the number 1 in world tennis remains topical. This Sunday, Craig Tiley, the number 1 of Tennis Australia, has opened the door wide for Nole to dispute the tournament next year, despite the fact that he is prohibited from entering the country three years after being deported. “I think he will play next year. After all, he is the strongest player in the world and he loves the Australian Open,” said the Federation president.
The nine-time winner of the Grand Slam of the underworld, who after a 11 day legal battle finally it was expelled from the country for not being vaccinated for Covid-19, in principle I could not set foot on Australian soil for three years. However, the prime minister Scott Morrison stated that “the sanction could be reduced if the right circumstances are given” And those circumstances happen, to this day, because ‘Nole’ is vaccinated for Covid-19, something that does not seem to be up to the job. The Victorian State Premier Daniel Andrews, I insisted that Djokovic “can only be welcome if he arrives already vaccinated”, as opposed to Tiley’s words.
He is the strongest player in the world and he loves the Australian Open
Tiley denied to ABC the reports about a possible demand of Djokovic to the federation for damages: “No. He will not sue”, He said. “We are talking and we will talk again, but at the moment we are only focused on organizing this great event,” he added.
In any case, the Australian president considered that “It is important to note that there is no person, no organization that is more important than this tournament”.And explained that Tennis Australia tried several times to clarify the issue with the national authorities, but the changing nature of the micron variant meant that “there were many contradictions and complexities with the information”. “Even just in the last week (since the decision), things have changed in relation to the response to the pandemic.”
Chronology of the ‘Djokovic case’
It all started on January 5, when Novak arrived at the Melbourne airport with a visa that allowed him to enter the country thanks to a medical exemption for having been infected in the last six months. According to the evidence he provided, specifically on December 16.
The border authorities canceled his visa and threatened to expel him. While his lawyers moved the legal machinery, he was transferred to the Park Hotel Melbourne, a detention center for immigrants and refugees in the Australian city.
On January 10, ‘Nole’ was released after being held for five days.Judge Kelly lifted the cancellation of the visa Serb, considering that he could not provide more information to the border police, and ordered his immediate release. Djokovic went straight to training with the intention of playing the Australian Open, but the Australian government, through the Immigration Minister, Alex Hawke, you spent days evaluating the possibility of using your “personal power of cancellation.”
While the decision came, they got to know each other details about certain irregularities in the documentation of Djokovic and the player himself came to admit mistakesLike going to an interview with L’Equipe knowing it was positive.
On January 15, he was detained again pending a new judicial decision and on the 16th, the Australian Federal Court denied the appeal of the Serbian tennis player and confirmed his deportation.
