The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper revealed on Tuesday that Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic has returned to Australia, nearly a year after being expelled, to participate in the Australian Open, next season’s first Grand Slam tournament, hoping to win his tenth title next month.
The newspaper added that Djokovic has flown to Adelaide, where he is expected to participate in the Adelaide International Championship, which starts next Sunday.
Australian authorities had expelled Djokovic, 35, on the eve of the start of the previous edition of the tournament earlier this year for failing to receive a vaccine against the Corona virus.
Last November, the Australian government granted the Serbian player a visa to enter its territory to participate in the Grand Championship in Melbourne, saying it had decided to reverse the decision to suspend Djokovic’s visa after examining the aspects related to this matter .
Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley told reporters on Tuesday that Djokovic would be returning home and hoped he would be welcomed: “I have great faith in Tennis Australia and the Australian public,” he said.
