Novak Djokovic triumphs in court. Serb to play at the Australian Open?

The court decided the fate of Novak Djokovic. The Serb may leave the hotel where he has been sent back for compulsory quarantine. The court found the decision of the border services to cancel his entry visa groundless. This means that the 34-year-old tennis player will most likely be able to play in the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, starting on January 17.

Novak Djokovic leaves the detention center to which he was sent for compulsory quarantine. This is the court’s decision. As the BBC writes, the Minister for Migration may cancel Djokovic’s visa again. If he decides to do so, it will mean that the Serb may be banned from entering Australia for three years.

The Australian Open starts on January 17th. Djokovic has won the Australian Open nine times. If he wins the next edition of the Melbourne tournament, it will be his 21st Grand Slam title and will break the record he currently shares with Swiss Roger Federer and Spaniard Rafael Nadal.

The 34-year-old leader of the world ranking reached the Antipodes during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. At the airport, the validity of his quarantine release documents was challenged and his visa was revoked. It was placed in a hotel in the suburbs of Melbournewhere asylum seekers in Australia are also accommodated.

The lawyers of the Serbian tennis player in documents filed with the court said that in mid-December Djokovic was infected with Covid-19 and on this basis – as a recuperator – he was released from the obligation to vaccinate before his arrival in Australia.

The case of a player from the Balkans – who for a long time refused to disclose whether he was vaccinated, and in the past did not hide his reluctance towards such a solution – raises a lot of controversy both in the tennis community and among Australian residents.

The country has introduced a number of strict restrictions and the longest lockdown so far, and the currently dominant omicron variant in recent days has contributed to a record number of coronavirus infections in the antipodes.

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