An Australian court on Monday ordered the release of the number 1 tennis player, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who was being held since last Thursday in a hotel in the city of Melbourne after the revocation of your visa by not be vaccinated against covid-19.
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Judge Anthony Kelly, of the Federal Circuit Court of Melbourne, ordered the Australian Government to implement the release, hand over his passport and personal effects and pay the legal costs.
The court decision would allow Djokovic to participate in the Australian Open, that if he won, it would become his tenth title of that tournament and his twenty-first Grand Slam, thus overcoming the Swiss Roger Federer and the Spanish Rafael Nadal.
In the virtual court hearing on Monday, the Australian Government agreed to reverse its decision to cancel the visa, although lawyer Christopher Tran pointed out that the Minister of Immigration, Alex Hawke, considers the possibility to use their special powers to deport Djokovic.
This potential gesture by the Executive of Scott Morrison, who seeks to be re-elected this year, would be “very worrying“Judge Kelly said when weighing the potential consequences.
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The Australian government had arrested the 34-year-old Serbian tennis player last Thursday in a Melbourne hotel after canceling his visa by rejecting the medical exemption that he had obtained to try and win his 10th Australian Open title without being vaccinated.
During the virtual hearing, Djokovic’s lawyers alleged that the player followed all the immigration steps he believed necessary to enter Australia.
The Australian Government requires travelerss have the complete schedule of the covid-19 vaccine or a valid medical exemption to enter the country.
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Last Saturday, Czech tennis player Renata Vorácová, who was arrested after Australian authorities canceled her visa after entering with an exemption similar to Djokovic’s, left the country.
Australia is experiencing its worst wave of covid-19 these days and this Monday reached a million accumulated infections since the beginning of the pandemic, almost half of them registered since the beginning of the year due to the strong impact of the omicron variant.
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