Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic it’s already in australia where he will compete in January at the Open, one year after being deported from the country for not having been vaccinated against COVID-19confirmed this Wednesday the Australian tennis federation.
The Serbian tennis player, who seeks to win his twenty-second Grand Slam -and tie with the Spanish Rafael Nadal- landed in the country on Tuesday night, a year after he was deported by the authorities last January, shortly before the start of the Australian Open, and also he was barred from returning to the country for three years.
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The controversy arose after he tried to enter the country with a medical exemption in order to play the tournament, the first major of the season, without being vaccinated against COVID-19, a requirement to compete then.
Nevertheless, last month the authorities lifted the ban on the tennis playerto which Djokovic replied that he felt “very happy” and “relieved”.
“We confirm that Novak has arrived in Australia for the Adelaide International” (tournament prior to the dispute of the first Grand Slam), pointed out to EFE a spokesman for Tennis Australia, the highest authority for that sport in the oceanic country, adding that “there will be more information about its calendar in the coming days.”
An epic line up has been announced for week one of the Adelaide International.
We look forward to welcoming 21-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic and world No.2 Ons Jabeur leading the men’s and women’s fields.
Full field here – https://t.co/4J7sMiDLzZ#AdelaideTennis
— Adelaide International (@AdelaideTennis) December 7, 2022
For his part, the director of the Australian Open, Craig Tiley, welcomed the Serbian tennis player and indicated in a press conference the day before that Djokovic will be the “player to beat.”
“Novak is welcome in Australia” and “will be the player to beat (at the Australian Open) again,” he said.
Current number five in the world and winner of five titles in 2022 -including Wimbledon-, Djokovic arrives in the oceanic country as one of the great favorites to win the Australian Openin which he won nine times.
the serbian he missed the 2022 Australian Open after the government held him at the airport after questioning the validity of his medical exemptionfor which he ordered his deportation for violating the measures against COVID-19, which required travelers to have the complete vaccination schedule or a valid receipt.
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Djokovic, what He was locked up in a hotel guarded by Immigrationappealed the decision of the authorities but after an intense legal battle, the plenary session of the Australian Federal Court considered that the presence of the player in the oceanic country posed a risk to health and public order.
The tennis player he was finally deported and he was banned from entering the country for three years.
Djokovic’s lawyers in Australia have been seeking the suspension of this entry ban for months, arguing that the oceanic country has already lifted all the restrictions imposed by the pandemic.
The djokovic scandal It came at a time when Australia, which tightly closed its borders during the health crisis, was facing an increase in cases of COVID-19. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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