World number one Novak Djokovic returned to training after being released from Australian immigration detention on Monday, posting a picture with his team from Melbourne Park and thanking the judge for overturning his visa cancellation.
"I'm pleased and grateful that the judge overturned my visa cancellation. Despite all that has happened, I want to stay and try to compete in the Australian Open.
"For now I cannot say more but thank you all for standing with me through all this and encouraging me to stay strong.""Novak is free and just a moment ago he went to the tennis court to practise," Djokovic's brother, Djordje Djokovic, told a press conference in Belgrade. "Novak has always advocated freedom of choice, nothing more. The Djokovic family is pleased that justice has prevailed."A spokesman for Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said that he was considering using his personal power to again revoke Djokovic's visa.
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