BRISBANE, Australia - Novak Djokovic spent a day confined in an immigration detention hotel waiting for a court ruling and dealing with the prospect of deportation from Australia because of an issue with his visa application relating to COVID-19 vaccination regulations.
After announcing on social media Tuesday that he had “exemption permission,” Djokovic landed in Melbourne late Wednesday thinking he had Victoria state approval that would shield him from the regulations requiring all players, fans and staff to be fully vaccinated to attend the Australian Open, which starts on Jan. 17.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he had spoken to Djokovic and that his government is asking that, before Monday, the 20-time major champion be allowed to move to a house he has rented and “not to be in that infamous hotel.”“I’m afraid that this overkill will continue,“ Vucic said. ”When you can’t beat someone, then you do such things.”
“One of the things the Border Force does is they act on intelligence to direct their attention to potential arrivals,” he said. “When you get people making public statements about what they say they have, and they’re going to do, they draw significant attention to themselves.” The exemption has become a hot political topic this week. Many Australians who have struggled to obtain sparsely available and often expensive rapid antigen tests, or who have been forced into isolation, perceived a double standard.
Novak Djokovic The 'Anti' represents the worse in us, he most selfish and self centered and for what? So he can play tennis? Ill never watch tennis again
Deport him. This is nonsense.
Just go home buddy, stop this embarrassment and give everyone a break.
Send him back to where he came from 🤣
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