The Australian government is threatening to cancel Djokovic's visa a second time.
An Australian judge reinstated tennis star Novak Djokovic's visa Monday, which was canceled last week because he is unvaccinated. MELBOURNE, Australia — Tennis star Novak Djokovic on Monday won a court battle to stay in Australia to contest the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated against CIOVID-19, but the government threatened to cancel his visa a second time.
That would mean Djokovic could again face deportation and could miss the Australian Open, which starts on Jan. 17. The government canceled 34-year-old Djokovic’s visa shortly after he arrived in Melbourne late Wednesday to play in the Australian Open. He has sought to place the blame for the controversy on Tennis Australia, which is organizing the Australian Open.He appealed the cancellation at the virtual court hearing Monday amid a growing public debate over the positive coronavirus test that his lawyers used as grounds in applying for a medical exemption to Australia’s strict vaccination rules.
“The point I’m somewhat agitated about is what more could this man have done?” Kelly asked Djokovic’s lawyer, Nick Wood.Transcripts of Djokovic’s interview with Border Force officials and his own affidavit revealed a “repeated appeal to the officers with which he was dealing that to his understanding, uncontradicted, he had done absolutely everything that he understood was required in order for him to enter Australia,” Wood said.
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