Novak Djokovic’s first victory in the dispute that confronts him with the Australian authorities for the documentary irregularities about his covid vaccine or the exemption Of the same. Lawyers for the Australian Government have lost an appeal requesting that the hearing scheduled for this Monday on the deportation of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic will be delayed until Wednesday.
The Melbourne Circuit Court informs this Sunday that the hearing on the revocation of the tennis player’s visa, which can be followed online, will be held on Monday at 10 am (23.00 GMT on Sunday), as planned and not next Wednesday , as requested by lawyers for the Australian Home Office.
The request to delay the hearing came after the tennis player’s lawyers presented this Saturday a 35-page document in which they alleged that the world number one received a medical exemption to enter Australia without vaccination after having been infected with the covid- 19 last December.
According to the lawyers of Novak Djokovic, The Serbian tennis player obtained an exemption to get the vaccine against covid-19 for having contracted the virus on December 16, according to his lawyers in the document presented this Saturday Before the court.
“The date of the first positive covid PCR test was December 16, 2021,” their representatives declared in this document presented to the federal court to try to annul the rejection of their entry visa to Australia.
The lawyers of the number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic, have asked this Saturday that their client be transferred from the Melbourne detention center to be able to train before the Australian Open.
Precisely this date provided by Novak Djokovic’s lawyers has caused another controversy, beyond whether or not the vaccine has been given. Because on December 17, a day after testing positive, according to his lawyers, the world number 1 tennis player participated in a public event in Serbia, as he himself revealed on his social networks. In the images he uploaded, he appeared without a mask at a ceremony where he was honored with his own Serbian postage stamps in recognition of his achievements.
An honor to receive my very own Serbian stamp. Thank you to my generous country for this rare gift! I’m humbled!! Excited to share we’ll partner with the Serbian National Postal Service on @novakfoundation projects for every child to have the opportunity to attend preschool ???????? pic.twitter.com/Ww8Zma95NU
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) December 17, 2021
The Serbian tennis player was sent to the Park Hotel center upon arrival in Australia “despite his requests to be transferred,” his lawyers said in a document filed in federal court.
Djokovic spoke on Friday about the controversy of his vaccine for the first time since he was transferred to the hotel where he is now due to irregularities with his visa. After several days locked up and seeing how a large number of fans mobilized to show their support, the tennis player wanted to thank them for all those expressions of affection that they have sent him.
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