Judge rejects request to delay appeal in Djokovic case | Video

They will not delay the thorny issue any longer …

The Serbian’s judicial appeal Novak Djokovic will take place this Monday, after the lawyers of the Australian Department of the Interior lost a attempt to delay the day of the appeal hearing.

The attorneys of Internal affairs they asked the Federal Circuit Court pass the case of Monday to Wednesday, but the judge Anthony Kelly rejected the request.

Delaying the appeal until Wednesday would have meant exceed the deadlinee established by the Australian Tennis Federation (Tennis Australia) for inclusion in the next Australian Open, which will start on January 17.

The world’s number one legal team is fighting so be released to prepare and participate in the tournament Grand Slam in Melbourne Park, where it has been crowned nine times, tres consecutively.

The officials of the Australian Border Force canceled their visa application on Thursday, stating that Djokovic “did not provide adequate evidence to meet Australia entry requirements.”

The organizers of the Australian Open had awarded Djokovic, who is not vaccinated against the coronavirus, a medical exemptionbut his fate is now at stake.

According to their lawyers, Djokovic tested positive for Covid-19 in December and then he was given green light to travel to Melbourne. Upon arriving in the country, he was held in a immigration center waiting for your case to be resolved.

(With information from Europa Press)

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