An embarrassing mess in Australia. Novak Djokovic, who was detained today (Wednesday) for more than seven hours at the entrance to the country, will be forced to return to Serbia after the Australians decided to revoke his visa after lengthy discussions. The number 1 tennis player in the world, who was forced to be isolated from his team for hours, is expected to appeal the decision to the state court and in such a case, will stay a few more hours in Australia.
As you may recall, the Serb landed in the afternoon ahead of this month’s Grand Slam in Melbourne, but Bessarabia reported that the world number one is in an isolated room, without his personal phone and under close guard by two security personnel.
Novak’s father, Sergeant, is unable to digest the Australian conduct, and slammed furiously: “Right now, I have no idea what’s going on, my son has been held hostage for five hours, just like a prisoner. It’s a struggle for liberation and freedom in the world, it’s not just “
BREAKING The Victorian government rejected a late-night request from Border Force to support the world No. 1’s visa hours before he landed in Melbourne after it was discovered that Djokovic’s team had submitted the wrong type of visa.#AusOpen #auspol … https://t.co/YzVKeJBfJO
— The Age (@theage) January 5, 2022
Just yesterday it was announced that the Serbian tennis player had been granted an exceptional exemption to enter the competition even though he had not been vaccinated against the virus and it seemed that the saga in his case was coming to an end. Now according to reports around the world, when he tried to enter with a visa that does not include an exemption without vaccines, he encountered a problem by the Victoria State Police, where the tournament will be held.
“The federal government asked if we could allow Djokovic to enter the country with his visa, and we did not,” the sports minister tweeted. “We have always been clear about two things: visa visas are a matter for the federal government, medical exceptions are a matter for doctors.”
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